SPOTY 2024 - Annual Bun fight and Moan

[AmandaJR]

So pleased you posted that LP. Just wiped the tear from my eye. Brought back my first memories of sport with Terry Medwin and Rama Subba Row. Very touching and this is where The BBC come into their own. Did not realise how many had left us. RIP one and all

It's the best part of the show. Usually better though with a live performance providing the backing. More cut-backs I guess. Anyhow, there is always one I have forgotten and this year it was Geoff Capes. What still takes my breath away was the slide that featured the two athletes - one set on fire and the other killed in a tragic car crash. Life really does give some terrible and unexplicable blows.

 

[4LEX]

The night ISED to be one of the best sports nights of the year on a Sunday, I think with David Coleman. Really entertaining with great personalities / reviews and guests seeing Ali doing an interview from The US.

Now it is a non event, BBC has lost a lot of live sport and whatever they try I have found the event very disappointing. This year I knew it was on and in the past I would record. When I Swarthmoor the TV on this morning I thought, oh I missed it, congratulations to the winner.

Back in the day when it was on a Sunday evening, it was a genuine highlight of the sporting year. I loved seeing stuff from sports I didn't tend to watch and learn about those involved.

I lost a lot of respect for it when Lewis Hamilton was overlooked for many years and now it's become something of a joke. This year it was fair enough but the last few were laughable.

 

[Golfmmad]

Back in the day when it was on a Sunday evening, it was a genuine highlight of the sporting year. I loved seeing stuff from sports I didn't tend to watch and learn about those involved.

I lost a lot of respect for it when Lewis Hamilton was overlooked for many years and now it's become something of a joke. This year it was fair enough but the last few were laughable.

I always enjoy SPOTY whichever year. It's great to relive the sporting memories of the past year. Especially an Olympic year.

It's something that can be given back to all the athletes over the year. They really deserve all the recognition after years of hard training and sacrifices.

 

[4LEX]

I always enjoy SPOTY whichever year. It's great to relive the sporting memories of the past year. Especially an Olympic year.

It's something that can be given back to all the athletes over the year. They really deserve all the recognition after years of hard training and sacrifices.

True especially about the Olympians. If England had won the Euros I reckon Bellingham gets it.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

The one time it was a bit of a joke was when Giggs won

Can’t recall too many other times when didn’t really deserve it

Prob Beckham and Owen as well

 

[4LEX]

The one time it was a bit of a joke was when Giggs won

Can’t recall too many other times when didn’t really deserve it

Prob Beckham and Owen as well

That was what I was referring to about Hamilton. It really discredited the entire thing when Giggs won it over him.

 

[IanMcC]

I may have fallen asleep in the middle of the programme, so correct me if I'm wrong.

Did golf only get a 3 second mention regarding the Solheim Cup, and no Men's golf was mentioned in the entire programme?

 

[Swango1980]

I honestly didn't even know it was on. I sort of assumed it would be on this Sunday night. That being said, it wouldn't matter, as I haven't watched it in years.

Sports people are driven to win the big trophies in their sports. Do they really care about winning BBC Sports Personality of the year, or any other generic awards given out by other organizations? I'd say most don't.

Although I'm guessing Vinicius Junior is probably going on a rampage now because he didn't win the World Sports Person of the Year

 

[Golfmmad]

I may have fallen asleep in the middle of the programme, so correct me if I'm wrong.

Did golf only get a 3 second mention regarding the Solheim Cup, and no Men's golf was mentioned in the entire programme?

They did mention Scottie Scheffler, although only briefly on winning the Masters.

 

[GB72]

Bit of wild thinking as it will never happen.

The division of sports broadcasting has been a nightmare for this show as the BBC do not have the rights to show highlights of half of the praiseworthy events. What they do have is the trophy with the massive amount of history attached to it.

Is it beyond the realms for BBC, Sky and TNT to team up for a proper Sports Review of the year using hosts from all 3 companies with all the footage from all the sports and award the BBC trophy at the end. That would get loads of attention, each company has the rights to show the event. Sky and TNT sell ads on their respective channels with the BBC recording filler to cover ad breaks. That would be a true celebration of the sporting year.

 

[Neilds]

Bit of wild thinking as it will never happen.

The division of sports broadcasting has been a nightmare for this show as the BBC do not have the rights to show highlights of half of the praiseworthy events. What they do have is the trophy with the massive amount of history attached to it.

Is it beyond the realms for BBC, Sky and TNT to team up for a proper Sports Review of the year using hosts from all 3 companies with all the footage from all the sports and award the BBC trophy at the end. That would get loads of attention, each company has the rights to show the event. Sky and TNT sell ads on their respective channels with the BBC recording filler to cover ad breaks. That would be a true celebration of the sporting year.

We will not have that sort of sensible thinking on this forum!!

 

[Arthur Wedge]

At the end of the day it’s just an awards show

One that’s got limited time to broadcast

There is a lot more sport broadcast now than before so any awards show could have the potential to run all night long depending on whah highlights that can be shown

It’s the BBC Sports Personality of the Year , Sky prob have some awards show and maybe TNT do as well

but it’s just an awards show - that for some reason seems to get people a bit bothered

Until the sportsmen and women stop caring about it and stop turning up then I guess it will just keep going

 

[GB72]

At the end of the day it’s just an awards show

One that’s got limited time to broadcast

There is a lot more sport broadcast now than before so any awards show could have the potential to run all night long depending on whah highlights that can be shown

It’s the BBC Sports Personality of the Year , Sky prob have some awards show and maybe TNT do as well

but it’s just an awards show - that for some reason seems to get people a bit bothered

Until the sportsmen and women stop caring about it and stop turning up then I guess it will just keep going

That is part of the point I guess. It never used to be just an awards show. It used to be the BBC sports review of the year with a comprehensive round up of the year in sporting achievement. That show ended with the presentation of the Sports Personality of the Year. I think some, me included, would like to see a return of focus to the Sports Review of the Year that it used to be.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

That is part of the point I guess. It never used to be just an awards show. It used to be the BBC sports review of the year with a comprehensive round up of the year in sporting achievement. That show ended with the presentation of the Sports Personality of the Year. I think some, me included, would like to see a return of focus to the Sports Review of the Year that it used to be.

Back in the days it used to be a review of the sports that it broadcast focusing on some of the bigger events that year with a small segment every now and then of other sports - that’s what they did Monday as well

They have added a bit more glitz and glamour to make it more current but it’s still the same thing at the end of the day

 

[GB72]

Back in the days it used to be a review of the sports that it broadcast focusing on some of the bigger events that year with a small segment every now and then of other sports - that’s what they did Monday as well

They have added a bit more glitz and glamour to make it more current but it’s still the same thing at the end of the day

No it is not. They actually used to go through the year, month by month discussing the achievements and events of each month and do a full review of the year. They then changed that to sport by sport. The personality element took up maybe 15 minutes at the end. The current program is nothing like it used to be. It went through an even worse period of having sportsmen take part in silly games etc when the highlights package got a bit thin on the ground and now they have gone pretty much all out on focusing on the awards element.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

No it is not. They actually used to go through the year, month by month discussing the achievements and events of each month and do a full review of the year. They then changed that to sport by sport. The personality element took up maybe 15 minutes at the end. The current program is nothing like it used to be. It went through an even worse period of having sportsmen take part in silly games etc when the highlights package got a bit thin on the ground and now they have gone pretty much all out on focusing on the awards element.

It comes down to a few simple things

Schedules
Money

That’s the constraints they need to work under

Any full review of - sports year now with the extra sports now broadcast would prob take all day

The program used to just be 45 mins long to allow them to present the winner

Now you can watch sport 24x7 across multiple platforms

 

[GB72]

It comes down to a few simple things

Schedules
Money

Yes that is very obvious and hence my post was about wishful thinking that was unrealistic but would be a true celebration of a sporting year.

 

[Swango1980]

No it is not. They actually used to go through the year, month by month discussing the achievements and events of each month and do a full review of the year. They then changed that to sport by sport. The personality element took up maybe 15 minutes at the end. The current program is nothing like it used to be. It went through an even worse period of having sportsmen take part in silly games etc when the highlights package got a bit thin on the ground and now they have gone pretty much all out on focusing on the awards element.

The Awards Show will never ever be what it used to be.

Decades ago, there was probably limited sports to watch on TV. For those interested in sport, we really only had our friends to talk to about our opinions on it. So, when BBC Sports Personality of the Year was televised, at Prime Time when only 2-4 TV channels were available, it was probably the highlight of things to watch on TV at that time of the 2 or 3 options available. It was a chance to get a really good review of multiple sports, and hear the opinions and thoughts of others on the best achievements on sport that year.

Today, relatively speaking, it is almost a waste of time. OK, I think they chose a night there were no big football games on (it was Tuesday, right?). Because, if there was football on, then the majority of football fans would watch that instead. But, there are so many other things to watch live on TV. Or, go on Netflix / Amazon Prime. Kids may be on their Playstation, or just glued to youTube videos on some viral video of animals dancing.

Fair play to them for keeping it going, but it'll just become more and more irrelevant. At some point, more and more of the population will never remember the good old days when it was a highlight of our sporting year, and more and more will simply have zero interest in it at all.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Anyone who listens to The Rest Is Entertainment podcast will be familiar with the following stat. Of the 16-34 age group, only 14% watch old school tv, BBC, ITV etc. 14% . That is why this show and many others are dying a slow death, maybe not so slow for many. Lots of tv shows are looked at through rose tinted glasses but those times are gone and the new generations simply don't care about them. There is no point in trying to jazz the programme up, they would only alienate the declining number who still watch.

 

[Bdill93]

Anyone who listens to The Rest Is Entertainment podcast will be familiar with the following stat. Of the 16-34 age group, only 14% watch old school tv, BBC, ITV etc. 14% . That is why this show and many others are dying a slow death, maybe not so slow for many. Lots of tv shows are looked at through rose tinted glasses but those times are gone and the new generations simply don't care about them. There is no point in trying to jazz the programme up, they would only alienate the declining number who still watch.

I'm 31 and have never in my life watched it. Award is great and all that but if you want to re-live and re-watch clips of a sporting year and highlights - they're all online.

In a evening when my wifes gone to bed at 10, I sit and play on my xbox then switch on youtube... only live TV I watch is football