Sports personality of the year

[fizzwheel]

How did Giggs make it through to the final 10 then if he hasnt done anything out of the ordinary ( for him anyway ) this year.

Seems like the problem here isnt the actual vote... but the people who were being voted for ?

[maviczap]

Seems like they have some kind of secret proceedure for selecting the personalities.

The cynic in me thinks that its to raise the profile of football, as its taking a battering from the cyclists, boxers & gymnasts.

The core sports of the BBC aren't what they used to be

[Tigerrrr.......]

The Sports Personality Of The Year award has absolutely nothing to do with personality.

Surely it should be renamed Sports Achiever Of The Year.

I would give it to big frank every year. !

what a farce- again.

read main page yahoo now they have a good discussion on why it was Giggs - or rather why it shouldnt have been

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Tigerrrr.......

The Sports Personality Of The Year award has absolutely nothing to do with personality.

Surely it should be renamed Sports Achiever Of The Year.

Agree, which is why Button deserved it. They got it right last year with the cyclists, but how are any of the non main stream sports going to compete with Man U's large fan base, which is why I think Giggs got it, when it comes to a public telephone vote.

Its rigged in his favour from the start

Originally Posted by maviczap

......but how are any of the non main stream sports going to compete with Man U's large fan base.....

Lots of sports have the "c'mon, let's vote for our guy" bandwagons. The cycling mags did it this year with Wiggins and Cavendish. Cavendish made it into the top 10 even though he didn't actually win the TdF.

Minority sports do well each year because of the bandwagons..... Sara Phillips, Barry McGuigan, Sir Chris Hoy, Nigel Mansell (who won even when he wasn't world champ), Damon Hill, Sir Steve Redgrave (my personal sporting hero), etc.

Not that many footballers have won depite it being a majority sport and on the telly every week.

[maviczap]

Cav got into the top 10 by achieving what no other Brit cyclist has done, and he beat Barry Hobans stage victories record. Plus he also won Milan - San Remo.

So he got in on merit. As did the others who won their respective titles or medals

But the trouble with the footballers is that they haven't won that much recently, so they don't get into the final vote.