Why? It's not the BBC Sport, Sports Awards?

BBC have been priced out of sport, pure and simple.

But they are seen as the institution of TV in the UK, so it seems right to me they hold such an award.

Lovely old opinions!

Posted By: Yellalee on December 14th 2008 at 20:10:44

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BBC sports personality of the year....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 14, 19:27:55
- should be Nicole Cooke (General Chat) - blindasabat, Dec 14, 20:01:58
  - why hoy? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:08:18
- but motor racing isn't sport so it kind of devalues the whole heap of shit a bit if he wi (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 19:52:52
  - I think you meant motor racing isn't a sport that I like, so therefore I refuse to accept (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:54:42
    - no, i meant it is not a sport (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 19:57:00
      - why? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:57:55
        
        sitting down in a car driving around in circles (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:00:46
        
        Fine, except the best engine, and most money didn't win... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:02:54
        
        i don't think i suggested football or horseracing were a sport (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:04:56
        
        OK - Tombs... do you think football and horse racing are sports? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:05:36
        
        horseracing not a chance it's as ficed as bruce forsythes barnet. football is i'd debate (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:11:25
        
        Agreed on your last point - but that is sport in general, no? (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:14:13
        
        dunt neatly explain away why we still follow city though do ut? (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:20:19
        
        I loved watching the clikkit today (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:22:48
        
        Hello? Anyone there? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:11:12
        
        agreed..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 14, 20:02:52
        
        but he wasnt in the best car (n/m) (General Chat) - grimsbycanary3, Dec 14, 20:08:25
        
        good (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:13:44
        
        well the experts say that ferrari were much faster (General Chat) - grimsbycanary3, Dec 14, 20:43:11
        
        ahhhhh vienna (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:44:08
        
        and it is manifestly tedious to watch (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:07:43
        
        F1 on a sunday..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 14, 20:13:40
        
        I agree - you can do that easily. (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:15:22
        
        If Rooney moved to West Ham, he wouldnt win the Premier League... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:04:10
        
        If A P McCoy rode a nag, he wouldnt win a Grand National... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:04:47
        
        i could win a F1 race if i had the best car (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:23:02
        
        haha. I loved when Top Gear did a F1 feature with Hammond driving it (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:26:14
        
        so would i in a nissan micra (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 14, 20:31:25
        
        sounds like football (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 20:02:30
- It's Adlington, nailed on (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Dec 14, 19:38:01
  - Great bristols too (n/m) (General Chat) - Duck, Dec 14, 19:44:13
    - lovely nose too (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:46:24
    - I still think she looks 'wrong'... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:45:24
  - she fits the BBC model better. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Dec 14, 19:40:39
    - it's down to the viewers anyway (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:41:36
      - I'd say he's very fit. Runs 6 miles every day before breakfast. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:42:52
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:43:29
- Don't want him to win (General Chat) - Duck, Dec 14, 19:37:35
  - give it to adlington (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:38:44
- Held on a broadcasting network that shows barely any sport (General Chat) - pants, Dec 14, 19:35:55
  - they had the Olympics (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:45:55
    - Someone from the olympics will win then (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 14, 19:54:04
      - as they probably deserve to (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:59:08
        
        agreed (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:01:22
      - not because of the beeb tho (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:58:49
      - BBC cooking a viewer vote? (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:55:24
        
        are you for real? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:00:47
        
        Just stinks that a network that largely shows hardly any sport (General Chat) - pants, Dec 14, 20:00:42
        
        you are crazy (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:02:34
        
        come on pants, it's hardly comparable (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 20:02:06
        
        I guess that's my point, it's an embarrassing indictment of an award (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 14, 20:05:59
        
        Why? It's not the BBC Sport, Sports Awards? (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 20:10:44
        
        why? It's not about the tv coverage of the sport (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 20:07:22
        
        spot on mate (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:09:28
        
        the bloke's fucking loopy (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:03:13
  - sorry - i might have missed your point there.... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:41:26
  - what does that have to do with anything? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:36:57
- wow you think? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:34:48
- no, he's 2/1 or more (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:34:33
  - 4/1 sorry (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:35:15
    - apology accepted (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:35:47
      - i laid Lewis at 1.75 so really it's those backers I should be apologising to (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:37:25
        
        nice one (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:38:05
        
        yep, thought it should be more like 2/1 (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:39:07
        
        not if the bbc employees are betting on the market! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:40:11
        
        Looks like I was right (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:43:16
  - 4/1 (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:35:09
- He's bound to win even thow he participates in the dullest "sport" on earth (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:33:49
  - The F1 season this year was fantastic all the way through (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 14, 19:36:56
    - Tis to me Tricky but then it's all about opinions. I'd favour (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:40:28
      - yebbut I bet you drive a car now tho (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 14, 19:51:46
    - Exactly - anything but dull. Most exciting bit of sport this year for me. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:39:15
      - yup, same for me, although I did miss the entire Olympics (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 14, 19:41:35
        
        Yeah - i missed both of Bolt's runs. But if jumping up and down in front of your TV (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:44:47
      - erm federer nadal? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:40:44
        
        best sport of the century (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 14, 19:47:08
        
        agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 20:04:24
    - agree with that (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:37:17
  - 4/1 a good price then (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:35:25
- what does it mean though? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 14, 19:32:31
  - Yep, that's exactly what it is. Why they don't call it that is beyond me. (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:35:42
    - I should imagine the reason it was called Personality at the time (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 14, 19:38:35
      - Then "Person" would have been better wuntit? Still, it's semantics really init. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 14, 19:41:35
    - because personality incorporates a lot more (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 14, 19:36:24

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