BBC SPOTY

Alain Quay

A predictable result, nonetheless very well done to Andy Murray. The short clip on and interview with Chris Froome and his former coach in Kenya were the best bits I reckon.

The show is way too long, has morphed into something like Strictly Come X Factor, and is buttock-clenchingly embarrassing at times. I half expected the massed throng to fall on their knees at the end and start chanting to the God of Sport.

Dear Old Fergie, such a nice chap. And Leigh Halfpenny runner up? Hmmm. He's good, but when you have a forward pack in front of you made up of the best from 4 nations, and are part of a touring squad of 70, surely it is easier to look good. The Wallabies made Wales' Halfpenny, Sam Warburton and Gatland (coach of the year?) look pretty average a few weeks ago. : )

I still think they need to come up with a new word for 'sports' where you don't sweat e.g. darts, bowls, shooting, billiards, etc. - i.e. all the BBC's residual, unplundered crown jewels. I suggest 'slobbing'. Example: "I used to play football and cycle, but now I slob darts." Slob of the Year could be a really tight contest.

markhewitt1978

Agreed about it being too long. A 3 hour show which would be better presented in a 2 hour format.

k-dog

I've always thought the title a bit strange too - personality doesn't seem to have a lot to do with it most of the time. It's surely 'Best sportsperson of the year'?

GiantMike

30 mins max. The contenders are x, y, z etc
This is what they did
This person won.

daviesee

GiantMike wrote:

30 mins max. The contenders are x, y, z etc
This is what they did
This person won.

Using this principle, you get all programmes onto 4 or 5 channels.
This would be a good thing. :P

And....... why is half of TV programmes now filled with recaps or trailers?*


*Rhetorical.

Mikey23

just saw the presentation bit as missus hooked on x factor final. good old andy, nearly got a bit excited and copped 50% of the vote.

Daz555

k-dog wrote:

I've always thought the title a bit strange too - personality doesn't seem to have a lot to do with it most of the time. It's surely 'Best sportsperson of the year'?

Today, it would no doubt be called "Sportsperson of the year". However, the name was coined in 1954.

There is no need to change it.

ddraver

k-dog wrote:

I've always thought the title a bit strange too - personality doesn't seem to have a lot to do with it most of the time. It's surely 'Best sportsperson of the year'?

I'm working away doing stuff that's not so stimulating so have been plundering the BBC Podcast archive and listened to one on this. It had to be "Sports Personality" simply becasue the newspaper they joined up with for the first few had already got the "Sports Person of the Year". It was never supposed to be about personality.

ballysmate

Ironic that it is presented by someone who has no personality.

debeli

I don't follow it, but I read the result and it seems (as ever) a fair barometer of the views of people who take the trouble to vote in these things. This is (after all) an event once won by an equestrian related to the Queen, even though few people had any clue what she'd won that year. McCoy, Farah and Ainslie seemed to have had extremely strong cases. All of them were magnificent this year and for many years beforehand. Murray's win is understandable and laudable, if a little cosy and predictable.

However... I have no idea why Ohurogu was even on the shortlist. The BBC and others seem keen to make her into a 'national treasure', while many track & field followers see in her only a banned athlete who has no more credibility than a drunk driver with a 'failed to provide a specimen' conviction who uses that as proof that they were sober.

For me, Ohurogu (sp?) is in the same category as Michelle de Bruin.

markhewitt1978

Ballysmate wrote:

Ironic that it is presented by someone who has no personality.

And there we are. The joke that's posted every goddam year.

ballysmate

markhewitt1978 wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Ironic that it is presented by someone who has no personality.

And there we are. The joke that's posted every goddam year.

Not a joke, an observation.
Gary Lineker is to TV presenting what Cyril Smith was to horse racing.

I take my hat off to your fastidious research. As you only joined the forum last December, it takes a special pedant to trawl through all those posts.
Chapeau sir.

markhewitt1978

Ballysmate wrote:

markhewitt1978 wrote:

Ballysmate wrote:

Ironic that it is presented by someone who has no personality.

And there we are. The joke that's posted every goddam year.

Not a joke, an observation.
Gary Lineker is to TV presenting what Cyril Smith was to horse racing.

I take my hat off to your fastidious research. As you only joined the forum last December, it takes a special pedant to trawl through all those posts.
Chapeau sir.

It applies to all forums; everywhere

Stick8267

Daz555 wrote:

k-dog wrote:

I've always thought the title a bit strange too - personality doesn't seem to have a lot to do with it most of the time. It's surely 'Best sportsperson of the year'?

Today, it would no doubt be called "Sportsperson of the year". However, the name was coined in 1954.

There is no need to change it.

Until 1999 it was Sport Review of the Year and concentrated on the actual sport with the personality award at the end.

I miss the structured look back at the 12 months of each sport and the inevitable "I'd forgotten that" moments. The 'vote for me' videaos are nowhere near as interesting.

ddraver

Big +1

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At least they've replaced wrinkly Sue Barker with leggy Gabby Logan