BBC Sports Personality Of The Year

[Bullitt]

It's supposed to be "Sports Personality of the year", not "Lifetime achievement".

It's typical BBC bullshit. The same as England cricket getting team of the year instead of Brawn GP.

 

[bristol-iain]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Dec 13 2009, 10:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Isn't it supposed to be personality of the year, not just most successful? So what if Ryan Giggs has won 11 ***les, 2x European Cups etc. Where's his personality?! Gazza winning it in 1990 was because of his personality - crying because he couldn't play in the final, showing passion. Same with Flintoff in 2005 - getting ****** out of his head after winning the Ashes. What has Ryan Giggs even done remotely like this? What a farce.[/b]

I think the "personality" part has been mis-interpreted over the years and needs to be changed. The winners are often the most sucessful but have the personality of a teapot (ie they "spout" rubbish <_< )

So it should be named "BBC Sports winner but boring sod of the year"

As for team of the year I think the England Ashes wining it was too obvious, how wouldnt they win but I agree that Brawn should have got it, from being close to redundancy to championship winners within 8 months is a staggering effort.

 

[mohamed_ali12]

I think the criteria is 'somone who has captured the public's imagination', therefore i would say Andrew Strauss or Jensen Button. I would say Giggs has captured the imagination, but has done nothing THIS YEAR to deserve the award.

 

[gingergenius]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bristol-iain @ Dec 14 2009, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Dec 13 2009, 10:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Isn't it supposed to be personality of the year, not just most successful? So what if Ryan Giggs has won 11 ***les, 2x European Cups etc. Where's his personality?! Gazza winning it in 1990 was because of his personality - crying because he couldn't play in the final, showing passion. Same with Flintoff in 2005 - getting ****** out of his head after winning the Ashes. What has Ryan Giggs even done remotely like this? What a farce.[/b]

I think the "personality" part has been mis-interpreted over the years and needs to be changed. The winners are often the most sucessful but have the personality of a teapot (ie they "spout" rubbish <_< )

So it should be named "BBC Sports winner but boring sod of the year"

As for team of the year I think the England Ashes wining it was too obvious, how wouldnt they win but I agree that Brawn should have got it, from being close to redundancy to championship winners within 8 months is a staggering effort.
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Brawn deserve all the credit for Jenson Button... he was ordinary till they put him in a far superior car. Anyhoo, what a fantastic type of motor racing where its so evident that the best drivers win the most <_< .

Thought the women cricketers deserved it most anyway.

 

[RC]

I'm basing this whole competition on the "personality" part.
It's a little ironic that hardly anyone there doesn't even have a personality. But i did see Beth Tweddle in an interview and she was simply so polite and smiley...no personality, but she didn't have an ego.
So i vote her.
Ahem...

 

[An Tarbh]

It's never been about personality, Joe Calzaghe, David Beckham, Zara Phillips, Kelly Holmes, Jonny Wilkinson, Paula Radcliffe are hardly oozing in personality.

 

[RC]

Are you serious?
You can't have seen an interview with Calzaghe if you don't think he has a personality.
He's a cocky, gobby, east walian who loves to mock people. He's hillarious - great personality.

But yeah, if royalty can win it, then it certainly isn't about personality.

So, can they think about renaming it?