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Well done Theo Walcott
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I'd just like to say well done to the wee man for winning Young Sports Personality of The Year.
Well done for not getting splinters in your arse from sitting on the bench all year.
And so well deserved too, to be able to sit on the bench like that all year and not get a single splinter in your arse. I'm sure that's going to inspire a generation of youngsters to get up and get active.
Not like that blind girl who was nominated. She just worked her arse off all year and got a silver medal in the World Championship. Would have made a mockery of the whole thing if she'd won.
As for the main award - I would :yes:
Well done for not getting splinters in your arse from sitting on the bench all year.
And so well deserved too, to be able to sit on the bench like that all year and not get a single splinter in your arse. I'm sure that's going to inspire a generation of youngsters to get up and get active.
Not like that blind girl who was nominated. She just worked her arse off all year and got a silver medal in the World Championship. Would have made a mockery of the whole thing if she'd won.
As for the main award - I would :yes:
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Beth Tweddle or Darren Clarke should've got it. After that Joe Calzaghe or Monty Panesar. The state of gymnastics in this country, it's amazing that anyone even gets to a final, so to beat all those state-sponsored gymnasts from China and India is a huge achievement.
And Theo Walcott? I can think of a dozen footballers that are more deserving than him, never mind sportsmen altogether. Hell, Micah Richards hasn't been playing for a season and has already got a cap for England and a regular starting place at one of the worlds best teams. (What?)
The Sports Personality award isn't and shouldn't be solely down to sporting achievement though. I don't know - I am biased but equestrian stuff has never really struck me as a sport, always seemed like a past time for the wealthy and the uberclasses. I'm sure Miss Phillips had all the best trainers growing up as well, and she's had the added luxury of always being able to focus on her horsey sport where other budding sportsmen and women do the hard yards, and juggle their sports with other demands in life. Just seems like one of these things where, given the best training, you'll go far. Or maybe I've got it all wrong and her talent is entirely hereditary - mummy did win it too after all. :rolleyes:
Riding certainly is not just a sport for the wealthy or upperclass. It is a sport as much as anything else.
I suppose. That's not really my point though. Just seems like one of these things where lots of financial backing and the best trainers will get you far.
But that goes with for a lot of sports, for example Motorsport? If Damon Hill won it would you be pissed off because he had the best training and money from his old man?
Probably. Especially when there's probably people who have done the hard yards in their respective fields without the advantage of a comfortable background. I suppose the fact she's a royal doesn't sit well either as that would have undoubtedly swayed some of the British opinion.
Such is life. Even with the best trainers and shed loads of vonga she wouldn't have made it if she didn't have some serious talent. You can't deny people the recognition they deserve simply because they had a headstart.
I suspect it may have swayed many the other way too. I think it's good that a sport rarely recognised, has produced the personality if the year. If it were based on sport popularity it would be a footballer everytime. She's a nice girl and she's bloody good at riding - that as far as I'm concerned is why she won.
It seems to me your unhappy because 1. she's royatly and 2. your not intrested in riding.
Is it?
I thought it was a simple popularity contest.
1. Don't you think that she's had to overcome some odds? With predjuice like is shown in this very thread for a start.
2. Can't remember the last time I saw her event on the telly TBH. Not something I would have watched. besides personally I'd have voted for The Power. 13 World Titles is something which should be recognised.
She's talented, and that shouldn't be denied because of an accident of birth.
It doesn't bother me that she's royal, but it does bother me that the fact she's royal invariably improved her odds of winning. I'm sure she does have talent and has spent her life training etc but if I think someone is more deserving, that's just the way it is. The fact I'm not interested in riding doesn't really affect my viewpoint. I'm not interested in cricket but I can appreciate why Flintoff won last year. I'd be interested to know if a non-royal equestrian competitors would have made it into first place, or even made the short-list for that matter!