Sports Personality of the Year 2015

[Imurg]

Apart from Hamilton, who has basically won a 3 horse race, and Murray, who had help, there's not much else going on for the popular British sports this year.
OK we won the Ashes but have been dire everywhere else, Football's been distinctly average as has the Rugby.
Mainstream sports have had a quiet year - its a shoe-in for Lewis so they may as well just give him the trophy and save us all a bit of cash.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Michael Owen,if only for his electric personality.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Dan Carter has won the Overseas Award

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Disagree with revealing the results ahead of the night (BBC - not LP)

 

[Tongo]

Disagree with revealing the results ahead of the night (BBC - not LP)

Another example of the beeb getting it wrong.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I have decided not to watch this tonight, first time since we had a telly so must be over 55 years.

Slept through most of last years totally over hyped event.
Likened it to the Eurovision Song contest.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Apart from Hamilton, who has basically won a 3 horse race, and Murray, who had help, there's not much else going on for the popular British sports this year.
OK we won the Ashes but have been dire everywhere else, Football's been distinctly average as has the Rugby.
Mainstream sports have had a quiet year - its a shoe-in for Lewis so they may as well just give him the trophy and save us all a bit of cash.

The rugby may have been average in Englandshire but it has been fantastic where I live.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Andy Murray steers GB to a Davis Cup win at end of month satisfies all your criteria pretty well I'd have thought. What more can one guy do to raise the profile of a sport in a country traditionally rather unenthusiastic about it at grass roots level. And now that we've got to know him a bit better I think he's actually a decent, wryly amusing, down-to-earth and non-flashy unostentatious guy

And so it came to pass. Got to be Andy - no contest IMO

 

[Tongo]

I have decided not to watch this tonight, first time since we had a telly so must be over 55 years.

Slept through most of last years totally over hyped event.
Likened it to the Eurovision Song contest.

Hasnt been the same for me since they started flogging tickets. There was a prestige about the event seeing all those sports stars on their own. You had to have done something special to get in and the lack of the public made it different to other awards ceremonies like the Brits. Now its just another money making exercise.

 

[arnieboy]

Totally agree, I'll read about it in the paper tomorrow.

 

[Fish]

Totally agree, I'll read about it in the paper tomorrow.

Why wait till then, it will be disected on here and argued in full.

 

[chrisd]

Why wait till then, it will be disected on here and argued in full.

........ and then we'll get told what our opinion is!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Hasnt been the same for me since they started flogging tickets. There was a prestige about the event seeing all those sports stars on their own. You had to have done something special to get in and the lack of the public made it different to other awards ceremonies like the Brits. Now its just another money making exercise.

Totally agree. Over hyped and a money making exercise for the Beeb. Giving it a wide berth and watching stuff I've got on catch up

 

[fenwayrich]

I suggest that anybody who actually enjoys this dreadful programme does not understand the true nature of sport.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

What an inspirational young man Bailey - wonderful , truly wonderful

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I suggest that anybody who actually enjoys this dreadful programme does not understand the true nature of sport.

Umm why is that ?

It's just an awards ceremony with the winner voted by the public ?!

 

[Old Skier]

Would make more sense if the short list was selected by the public. IMHO obviously

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Fully deserved award for AP McCoy :whoo:

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Umm why is that ?

It's just an awards ceremony with the winner voted by the public ?!

Because it's just like Strictly/X-Factor and the rest, nothing more than a popularity contest

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Because it's just like Strictly/X-Factor and the rest, nothing more than a popularity contest

And ? How does that make someone not know the true nature of sport ?

And the winner every year isn't far from being a deserved winner bar the odd year.

I can't understand such hate and anger over an awards show

One especially that has just see such an inspirational young boy that won the Helen Rollasen award - that young boy will treasure that award for life