fenman Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 Just out of curiosity is any one on here interested in it anymore ? Along with Arlene Foster the Irish minister I have a particular reason to have a dislike for the programme . Foster has called the programme as a disgrace and an insult to sports people . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 Only one winner...Lewis Hamilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 What the sports view personality of the year? TheolderIgetthebetterIwas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 Is it Sports Personality of the year? On BBC this Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 7 hours ago, Dave Deacon said: Is it Sports Personality of the year? On BBC this Sunday I presume that's what was meant. Was Sports view the original name? It's rubbish nowadays anyway. Used to be great when there wasn't so much sport on TV you saw stuff that youd not seen. As well as the fact that sports persons are not allowed to be personalities anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, St Darren said: I presume that's what was meant. Was Sports view the original name? It's rubbish nowadays anyway. Used to be great when there wasn't so much sport on TV you saw stuff that youd not seen. As well as the fact that sports persons are not allowed to be personalities anymore Correct Darren, too much televised sport is ruining all sports, taking the magic away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruegel the Elder Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 16 hours ago, TheolderIgetthebetterIwas said: Only one winner...Lewis Hamilton. I doubt it, he hasn’t got a personality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Bruegel the Elder said: I doubt it, he hasn’t got a personality! Not a lot but cannot deny his ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 27 minutes ago, Keith B said: I expect that Marcus Rashford will be a close contestant - if he's on the shortlist. His work for the kids meals etc, will probably strike a mark with many voters. I may be wrong. He’s not in it. The only footballer is Jordan Henderson, one of the most overrated of all time and he has no personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted December 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Apologies , it used to be Sportsview Personalty , a sort of extension to Sportsview which was just about the only programme devoted to sport in the 1960's . ( there are times when I wish we were back in the 1960's ) As it's wet and windy up here in the far east , I'll explain why I have this dislike of the programme . As there seems to be very little discussion on the forum at the moment it might provoke some comment or debate . As well as football I am a keen motorsport fan , mainly motorcycle racing . My father raced motorcycles , I dabbled with it , and my son races . In recent years the BBC has seemed to have a dislike for the sport . Various incidents that have occurred in the voting system for this award over the years have reinforced my views and most others who love the sport . The most recent occasion and the one which has incensed Arlene Foster the Northern Ireland minister and to a degree myself , was Jonathan Rea being voted runner up to Mo Farah in 2018 .Jonathan Rea is from Northern Ireland and has won 6 World Superbike titles . This competition is very difficult to win as the motorbikes are all very similar in performance , unlike Formula one , and it is a case of the best rider over 33 races throughout the world . 2 years ago many thousands of motorcycle fans voted for Rea and he was runner up , 3,000 votes behind Farah . The BBC appeared to be upset over this ,stating that the votes were " not representative " as many of the votes were from Northern Ireland . As a result they modified the voting rules to prevent this happening again . Now you can vote for who you like as long as it's one of the 6 people they select . Undoubtedly the 6 they select have some merit in being on there but surely the very title "sports " means anyone in the field of sport not selected sport . A similar situation happened some years ago when a man named Bob Nudd who was the World Angling champion received an enormous amount of votes , the following year the voting system was amended much to the disgust of the angling fraternity . TheolderIgetthebetterIwas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 18 hours ago, baldy said: He’s not in it. The only footballer is Jordan Henderson, one of the most overrated of all time and he has no personality. Haha. A typical comment from someone who doesn't watch Liverpool. The man is the best beast of the team. The man who has lead Liverpool to a European Cup and League title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 7 hours ago, fenman said: Now you can vote for who you like as long as it's one of the 6 people they select . For me, that's when I lost some of the interest for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 I was amazed Eddie the Eagle never won it. Bruegel the Elder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted December 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 I should have added , so much for the BBC's policy of equality and diversity . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Odgers Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 16/12/2020 at 19:44, TheolderIgetthebetterIwas said: Only one winner...Lewis Hamilton. Only one winner The Mercedes Formula 1 Car (90% of any other driver would have been world champion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted December 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 I feel a bit vindicated in my moan this morning . One of the sports editors in the Daily Mail wrote to say he wasn't impressed with the format either . Bit embarrassing to say that I'm a Daily Mail reader ,but the Daily Telegraph is too expensive and the others ? well I stopped reading The Dandy 63 years ago . Bruegel the Elder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruegel the Elder Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 My earlier post vindicated too fenman. Not many personalities on view. What does it say about the great British public that the most boring attendees came first and second (and equally the BBC for choosing them!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Turned over...rubbish format. Binged on a Friends box set...pure entertainment...laughed all night. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 50 minutes ago, Bruegel the Elder said: My earlier post vindicated too fenman. Not many personalities on view. What does it say about the great British public that the most boring attendees came first and second (and equally the BBC for choosing them!). They're not allowed to be personalities anymore. Name a Sports Personality who's anywhere near the top of their game?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruegel the Elder Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 34 minutes ago, St Darren said: They're not allowed to be personalities anymore. Name a Sports Personality who's anywhere near the top of their game?? I see where you’re coming from...............but stand up Ben Stokes! Equally I guess they couldn’t nominate Marcus Rashford because a) he’d win by a landslide (but not necessarily for his footballing skills) and b) Uncle Boris wouldn’t like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Bruegel the Elder said: I see where you’re coming from...............but stand up Ben Stokes! Equally I guess they couldn’t nominate Marcus Rashford because a) he’d win by a landslide (but not necessarily for his footballing skills) and b) Uncle Boris wouldn’t like it! Stokes won it last year didn't he? Cricket has hardly been in the prominent public eye this year. Years ago it used to be something different but the amount of sport on TV now, we've all seen everything they show. The sports persons aren't allowed to be personalities due to the money that they earn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Past it’s sell by date. Time to scrap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 I know I’m in the minority, but I actually enjoyed the format last night. Not so much razzmatazz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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