Sports Personality of the Year Award

[totallyfixed]

Absolutely agree GD, where are the women? I usually get sucked into watching this against better sense but not this time. Sexism at its most blatant and worst. I applaud the ladies on here for not having a rant, always more poised and restrained than us blokes.

 

[meenaghman]

Don't know what Rory Mc and Darren Clarke are doing there ..aren't they Irish :-).. I was looking at that list and not a great year for English sport ..
2 Irishmen, 1 Scot, A Manx man, A South African, A Somalian, A Welshman, an AngloWelsh(A Cook), an Englishman whose brother boxes for Pakistan, and Luke Donald (who describes himself as half Scottish)...

 

[cd365]

I had to Google Chrissie Wellington, maybe that's the problem.

 

[Beebo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_personality/15895642.stm
Here is a link to how all journalist voted.

The Manchester Eveneing News votes are below with my comments. It shows just how seriously they took it. Either foreign of lanachire based only!!

James Anderson - local lancashire cricketer
Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgarian plays for Man Utd
Glen Chapple - local lancashire cricketer
Darren Clarke - Northern Irish golfer
Rory McIlroy - Northern Irish golfer
Keri-Anne Payne - south african born swimmer
Paul Scholes - retired Man Utd player
Andrew Strauss - South african born cricketer
Yaya Toure - Ivory Coast footballer plays for Man City
Patrick Vieira - French footballer plays for Man city

 

[subaqua]

there is only one with a personality. Cav the manx missile.

 

[Nearly there]

If you are not in a sport that isn't shown on the Beeb, forget it. Same old same old.

Agreed hope im wrong though and its cav all the way

 

[Eoin Rua]

I had to Google Chrissie Wellington, maybe that's the problem.

I understand this argument, but if people watching SPOTY see the likes of Wellington, Grainger & the Brownlees get an award or at least a segment on their competition they'll sit up and take notice, particularly young girls looking for a role model, because an interview with Chrissie W and people would see how much of a legend she is

 

[Ajay]

a separate mens and womens award would avoid the controversy. Simple.

 

[cd365]

a separate mens and womens award would avoid the controversy. Simple.

Do we then have a separate mens and womens team award? What about mixed teams?