Comments on: Button favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year

By: David

David — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:12:26 +0000

Mindful of the current betting stats and right prevailing, Jenson Button should win the Sports Personality of the Year award to add to his richly deserved F1 Drivers title, secured after a nail biting second half of the season. The voting public is a democracy and a sound gauge to public opinion which is clearly why Hamilton lost out last year; he’s only supported by a minority! Jenson Button – Sports Personality of the Year, voted by the majority!:)

By: Stephen Kellett

Stephen Kellett — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:04:07 +0000

Yep, I want it to be voted for by luminaries such as Max Mosely, Adam Crozier, Flavio Briatorie, Sepp Blatter and Mark Lawrenson. These people know what they are talking about.

Jamie,

In your previous posting where called me a snob you said SPotY was a backslapping exercise and therefore useless. But your recommendation turns it into exactly that – folks voting for their peers.

Quite why you think that Sepp Blatter knows more about a non-motorsport sports personality than any random member of the public is beyond me. He is probably as clueful/clueless as the next person when it comes to swimming or cycling or triathlon etc.

These people have incredible intellect, unlike the general public.

By definition, that is probably true for anyone on the right hand side of the Poisson distribution curve (so thats me sorted, lucky me), but it does not follow that their intellect confers on them superior knowledge of any given domain, rather than superior knowledge of their own particular domain of expertise.

Even if true, why stop there? Why not ban people you don’t think are bright enough from voting. Wait a minute, didn’t we have that some time ago? Once upon a time women couldn’t vote, and people that only landed gentry couldn’t vote. Careful what you open up with that ill thought can of worms you have there. You might find that its you that doesn’t have the right to vote.

By: Rob Silver

Rob Silver — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:17:30 +0000

QUOTE: “Yep, I want it to be voted for by luminaries such as Max Mosely, Adam Crozier, Flavio Briatorie, Sepp Blatter and Mark Lawrenson. These people know what they are talking about.

These people have incredible intellect, unlike the general public.”

Wait, wait… BRIATORE? Oh! Ohh… There’s a joke there somewhere, right?

By: Terry Shepherd

Terry Shepherd — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:13:04 +0000

LC 1971 is dead right, Valentino Rossi should have a Foreign Personality award and if you have any doubts about what F1 fans think of him, you should have read the comments of all the top sportspeople in the world about him when he clinched the Championship. I won’t willingly miss a MotoGP race, the elbow-to-elbow overtaking, the cornering, 235HP through a rubber patch the size of your palm – and it’s screened mostly on weekends between F1 rounds – you can have a seamless, double-clutch-like flow of motorsport all season! F1 fans can’t fail to appreciate it.

The JA F1 Personality award? Ross Brawn, no question, though the positive uproar when it looked as though Michael might come back makes you wonder if he doesn’t have a shout.

Let’s give Jenson all the support we can, it’s been years since we had a winner from F1.

Please keep the blog going next season, James, we’re all addicted to it now!

By: Toby Coulson

Toby Coulson — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:02:33 +0000

I think Jenson will surge ahead early on in the voting only to be caught up by the other 9 contenders, but will eventually come through in the end thanks to his performance at the start of the show.

By: PT

PT — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:51:03 +0000

It’s just not the way this works. Although I believe Formula 1 is very much a team sport the driver is the man who get nominated for Sports Personality.

It’s in the same way that Alex Ferguson will never be nominated for the main prize and Brawn GP will only get nominated for the team prize.

By: Philip T

Philip T — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:31:34 +0000

I’ve never seen Chris Hoy box

By: Ed H

Ed H — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:54:09 +0000

You know what? I completely agree about Rubens, he is clearly an underated driver who was never given the chances to be a champion at ferrari, and I think instead of stropping around like anyone else would, he takes it in a positive light, and he always cheers me up. I doubt he was actualy angry when he did his “Rant” he was probably trying to cheer himself up after a bad race! Reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBYd9UVBGTs

As for the BBC SPOTY, JB is the fave, though it could be close between him and Strauss. But to be Honest, Beth Tweddle probably deserves it more, I mean, have you seen some of the things she does? She’s a grandmother compared to some of the other stick insects that compete, and she still thrashes them. I’d like to see Button or Strauss bend their bodies like that, Running between wicket stumps and the occasional triathlon doesn’t cut it guys!

I hate X-Factor, it’s not even a show, it never was, and I pray, never will be. It is just a way of making Simon Cowell and co. money. It only appeals to useless, sheep like people who see their friends watching it and decide they also have to watch it to be “Cool”.
No-body will care about our sports men and Women’s year long plight and struggle, all they will care about is a couple of minuites singing by some people who think they are the best in the world just because some asshole billionares say they are. What a travesty!

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:47:35 +0000

What?!? Hoy appeared with all the cyclists, Hamilton got a one-on-one interview. Hoy was asked ONE question. He won despite the BBC’s efforts, not because…
What programme were you watching, Jayshum?
Incredible, really, that anyone can still take F1 seriously as a sport – especially after the recent season’s shenanigans.

By: Jamie T

Jamie T — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:27:03 +0000

Yep, I want it to be voted for by luminaries such as Max Mosely, Adam Crozier, Flavio Briatorie, Sepp Blatter and Mark Lawrenson. These people know what they are talking about.

These people have incredible intellect, unlike the general public.