Sports Personality Of the Year

[Foxholer]

No way. Hamilton won despite being a moaning bratt and for winning a two horse race

And the personality of a fish! (with apologies to fish!)

 

[Vikingman]

Gave up on it years ago.

Used to make me cringe.

Little more than a BBC love in and completely irrelevant.

Not worth getting wound up about.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

And the personality of a fish! (with apologies to fish!)

But then Rory hardly comes across to the non-golfing public as Mr Charisma.

Personally I would say McIlroy's achievement was the greater but as far as personality goes Charlotte Dujardin's would probably win hands (or hooves) down.

 

[JCW]

Whole thing is a load of rubbish as how sport do the BBC cover , how many votes were cast anyhow , just a pointless exercise these days

 

[CMAC]

No way. Hamilton won despite being a moaning bratt and for winning a two horse race

but his girlfriend is smokin' hot!

 

[hovis]

but his girlfriend is smokin' hot!

I'll give you thay one

 

[USER1999]

but his girlfriend is smokin' hot!

Really? She does nothing for me. Can't sing either!

 

[Beezerk]

Really? She does nothing for me. Can't sing either!

Are you Stevie Wonder in disguise?

 

[One Planer]

Really? She does nothing for me. Can't sing either!

Especially this bit!

 

[Smiffy]

Are you Stevie Wonder in disguise?

No. But he is a bit effeminate.

 

[CMAC]

Really? She does nothing for me. Can't sing either!

are you the victim of a cruel medical experiment?


I wonder what you find attractive if you think she isn't....................

 

[Adi2Dassler]

More interesting than whether Rory deserves it more than Lewis is the obvious demise in folk following golf outside The Open and The Masters, both as a participation sport and as a viewing sport.We're all seeing clubs close down around us and memberships get older...maybe we're seeing the start of the end of golf as a relatively well represented sport?Hamilton got nearly 100,000 more votes than Rory, that's quite a big margin, and given the year Rory has had, maybe golf is just becoming a minority sport.Maybe no coincidence that the demise of Tiger Woods and a drop off in viewers, coupled with terrestrial TV not having the finances to show golf too often are all resulting in the contraction in our game.

 

[USER1999]

are you the victim of a cruel medical experiment?


I wonder what you find attractive if you think she isn't....................

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Wow, a heavily photoshopped picture of a head. Who ever took that could make SuBo look good? Is anything in that picture real?

 

[Smiffy]

are you the victim of a cruel medical experiment?


I wonder what you find attractive if you think she isn't....................

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I think Murph just says that about any bird he doesn't stand a chance of pulling

 

[FairwayDodger]

More interesting than whether Rory deserves it more than Lewis is the obvious demise in folk following golf outside The Open and The Masters, both as a participation sport and as a viewing sport.We're all seeing clubs close down around us and memberships get older...maybe we're seeing the start of the end of golf as a relatively well represented sport?Hamilton got nearly 100,000 more votes than Rory, that's quite a big margin, and given the year Rory has had, maybe golf is just becoming a minority sport.Maybe no coincidence that the demise of Tiger Woods and a drop off in viewers, coupled with terrestrial TV not having the finances to show golf too often are all resulting in the contraction in our game.

Those of us with Sky probably have a false perspective on this - there's never been more golf on TV and I watch more than ever. I agree, however, the lack of golf on terrestrial TV must be a factor in the sport's diminishing popularity. Alongside all the other initiatives I hope the "powers that be" take note and try to get some more onto our screens.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Those of us with Sky probably have a false perspective on this - there's never been more golf on TV and I watch more than ever. I agree, however, the lack of golf on terrestrial TV must be a factor in the sport's diminishing popularity. Alongside all the other initiatives I hope the "powers that be" take note and try to get some more onto our screens.

I think these concerns are very soundly based.

On of the reasons that there are very few tournaments staged in the UK is the difficulties in finding sponsors and they will not come forward with so little exposure in the mainstream media. Sky Sports are seen by the public as a "football channel" unless you are already a follower of one of the other sports they cover.

Cricket suffers in much the same way.

 

[Adi2Dassler]

Those of us with Sky probably have a false perspective on this - there's never been more golf on TV and I watch more than ever. I agree, however, the lack of golf on terrestrial TV must be a factor in the sport's diminishing popularity. Alongside all the other initiatives I hope the "powers that be" take note and try to get some more onto our screens.

up until the Masters this year I had sky sports and watched SP4 (?) every week.Got rid and since then, it's pretty much only The Open and Dunhill I've seen.Shame.

 

[CMAC]

is there a lot of F1 terrestrial TV coverage?

I know SKY has an F1 channel

 

[FairwayDodger]

is there a lot of F1 terrestrial TV coverage?

I know SKY has an F1 channel

The Beeb still show a large number of races live and highlights of all the rest.

A classic example of the importance of terrestrial TV is the MotoGP. I love it and watched it religiously but after BBC and Eurosport lost the coverage I don't see it at all and only have a vague idea what's happening... I'm pretty sure Marquez won it but have no idea how the other protagonists got on... Suffice to say my interest has dropped off considerably. I watch more F1 despite it being deadly dull in comparison.

 

[CMAC]

bring back pro celebrity golf especially in winter- had me glued to my seat watching summer golf while my windows were frosted in the inside