Sports personality of the year tonight ( yawn ).

[ccfc_is_my_life]

What a surprise that Athletics won so many awards given it's one of the few sports BBC have left - and even then Eurosport have far better coverage.

[ccfc_is_my_life]

Sky and BT's coverage is much better than ITV, although I think the Beeb do better than all. However, Match of the Day was cringeworthy last night with the running "paint brush" joke that had Ian Wright giggling like a member of OOCC at every mention of the joke.

I have stopped paying for Sky and, whilst initially tempted by BT, I won't be going there either. Free to air sport will only be on the radio soon, and what are the odds that some of that becomes subscription based as radio moves to internet broadcasting?

Free to air sport will only be on the radio soon?

Might want to have a word with Eurosport about that tbh.

[goats]

So nearly got Jonathan Rea to top spot

Mo Farah: 83,524 votes

Jonathan Rea: 80,567

Jonnie Peacock: 73,429

Anthony Joshua: 73,411

Adam Peaty: 63,739

Lewis Hamilton: 60,627

Chris Froome: 47,683

Harry Kane: 18,759

Anya Shrubsole: 15,237

Bianca Walkden: 13,962

Johanna Konta: 7,591

Elise Christie: 6,504

I’m not being funny but I don’t know who 2nd, 3rd or 5th are....
surely it should just be sports person if the year as let’s face Andy Murray who won the last few I think has no personality at all, most tennis players don’t. Very insulated within their own minds.

[ccfc_is_my_life]

I’m not being funny but I don’t know who 2nd, 3rd or 5th are....
surely it should just be sports person if the year as let’s face Andy Murray who won the last few I think has no personality at all, most tennis players don’t. Very insulated within their own minds.

I'd heard of Peacock's name but couldn't tell you what sport he does. Shrubsole I recognise from women's cricket. Konta I recognise as being the Australian/Hungarian who decided she really loved Britain, a decision that had nothing to do with a lot of money being available to her by changing nationality.

2,10 and 12 I have zero idea about.

The problem with the whole thing is it's gamed by lobbying. Individual sports see it as a chance for publicity, so you get organised campaigns rigging it. Of course, BBC also rig it ( see Princess Anne winning... ).

2017 has seen Farah do what exactly? Having to claim he's clean due to his coach being dodgier than a dodgy thing. Hamilton granted had a good car but was in a battle all year with Vettel. AJ has reinvigorated the HW division in boxing, with one hell of a fight with Klitschko.

[dembethewarrior]

Great to see Adam in 5th place

First place is pointless..5th is absolutely pointless let's be honest.

[blue matt]

First place is pointless..5th is absolutely pointless let's be honest.

a little less absolutely pointless than 6th though

As i have said previously, Adam has changed the world of breaststroke swimming, even down to the way coaches now coach it, from the swimming world point of view, he has been massive, his legacy will remain, when the first bloke to swim sub 25 sec on 50 Breast they will be using his style of Breast

look at his WR, his was beaten in the 2015 World champs in the heats, he got it back in the semifinal
then this year in the World champs he beats it again in the heats, then in the semi's a few hours later beats it again, this time the first swimmer under 26 sec's, amazing

[ccfc_is_my_life]

I used to be good at breaststroke.

Had to give it up due to all the court cases though...

[blue matt]

I used to be good at breaststroke.

Had to give it up due to all the court cases though...

the Train indecent was the final straw ?? ? ?

[Wales-Bales]

Adam Peaty for me

had a amazing year, changed the way coaches are coaching breaststoke

Yeah, I've heard all about these sport coaches, I wouldn't let my kids anywhere near them without an armed guard!

[life on mars]

Ronnie O'Sullivan never getting nominated is criminal

That sums up this type of awful controlled politically correct , nice person award , what a waste of public money

[BLUETIT]

Well done to the little drugs cheat , could not be arsed to leg it off his sofa to the ceremony .

This, plus he does a poor imitation of the

[Taunton Blue Genie]

I can't quite understand why a popularity contest such has this has much relevance.

[dembethewarrior]

I can't quite understand why a popularity contest such has this has much relevance.

Looking at the votes..shy of 550k voted.

Wouldn't say it has much relevance at all really TBG.

[Wales-Bales]

I remember when this used to be an evening to look forward but since
the BBC has virtually given up on sport it has lost the sparkle it once had.

The old BBC commentators ( Coleman , Eddie Waring , Brian Johnstone et al must be turning
in their graves ).

Bring back Morecambe and Wise

[Rjk]

Fair play to Mo Farah, he is arguably one of the best ever at his sport, which is very competitive.
To have won all the medals he has, without having a team of tactical runners supporting him is a huge achievement.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Looking at the votes..shy of 550k voted.

Wouldn't say it has much relevance at all really TBG.

A bit like the X-Factor then.

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

Free to air sport will only be on the radio soon?

Might want to have a word with Eurosport about that tbh.

Is Eurosport free to air? Not on freesat nor freeview

[CardiffIrish2]

Good for Mo Farah, well deserved, top bloke 👍

[BlueWales]

Bring back Morecambe and Wise

They've never gone away. Always out there on some crap channel or other.

[Croesy Blue]

I’m not being funny but I don’t know who 2nd, 3rd or 5th are....
surely it should just be sports person if the year as let’s face Andy Murray who won the last few I think has no personality at all, most tennis players don’t. Very insulated within their own minds.

Sports personality just means someone in sport.

It has nothing to do with the person's personality 🙈

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Rather than a contest where successful sportspeople are pitched against each in a popularity poll it would be far more meaningful if there was simply a review of sporting achievements throughout the year.

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Rather than a contest where successful sportspeople are pitched against each in a popularity poll it would be far more meaningful if there was simply a review of sporting achievements throughout the year.

Good idea

[dembethewarrior]

A bit like the X-Factor then.

If you say So, don't watch it!

[BlueWales]

Rather than a contest where successful sportspeople are pitched against each in a popularity poll it would be far more meaningful if there was simply a review of sporting achievements throughout the year.

Which would last ten minutes as the BBC has so little sport to show. Not much fun watching
mostly newsclips and still photos for two hours.

Now we do the above padded out with a load of crap celeb interviews.

BBC Sport is a dead man walking.

[Bobby Dandruff]

I remember when this used to be an evening to look forward but since
the BBC has virtually given up on sport it has lost the sparkle it once had.

The BBC aren't able to show many video clips now and so the show ( just like "A question of sport " )
has become more about sports celebs and less about action.

The Beeb seems to have plenty of money to spend on Glastonbury though. Strange
change in priorities.

The old BBC commentators ( Coleman , Eddie Waring , Brian Johnstone et al must be turning
in their graves ).

I have to agree.

SPOTY has become completely irrelevant and yet ironically the budget for the show seems to have gone through the roof.

It used to be essentially viewing but hasn't been for years as the BBC has lost the rights to most major popular sports.

And when you have never heard of 3/4 of the nominees and 2 of the top three, it confirms what an irrelevance it has become.

A huge waste of money which could go to a worth cause like....the Bradley Lowery Foundation, maybe?

(well done Sir Mo though - thoroughly deserved)