Sports Personality of the Year

[Ddanno]

You know what to do. If golf twat or needle thrower or wendyballers get this over an actual World Cup winner it would suck.

Sports Personality of the Year 2025 nominees: Hampton, Kelly, Kildunne, Littler, McIlroy, Norris

Find out who is on the shortlist for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Welsh Exile]

Hate seeing formula 1 drivers nominated. Give the award to the car, it does all the work.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

What Rory did was bigger than winning a world cup in any sport tbh.

But he also won his national open 40 mins outside Dublin so this isn't the right award for him.

 

[Welsh Exile]

What Rory did was bigger than winning a world cup in any sport tbh.

I agree. Starring in Happy Gilmore 2 was big and he deserves to win SPOTY.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Surely to win Sports Personality of the Year you must have a personality, which immediately rules out anyone who plays golf?

 

[Welsh Exile]

AWJ cooked a lovely pie on celebrity master chef. I’d give it to him.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

AWJ cooked a lovely pie on celebrity master chef. I’d give it to him.

What about the sports personality of the year award?

 

[ncurd]

Hate seeing formula 1 drivers nominated. Give the award to the car, it does all the work.

This would true if his team mate was nowhere near close to him winning.

Anyway congratulations Lando! I said to my father on Monday he probably wasn't popular enough to win it but this is a poor shortlist and wrongly the women won't be considered by a large portion of the general public.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

this is a poor shortlist and wrongly the women won't be considered by a large portion of the general public.

It's a public vote and he's polarising but Mcilroy is just miles ahead of anyone on it in terms of his achievements in the year and what it means in the context of his career.


Bizarre that the golfer plays the most "legitimate" sport out of the male nominees.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

just miles ahead of anyone on it in terms of his achievements

Come on now, the world cup clears
Golf is just tennis mk.2, same few players patting each other on the back for beating each other in various orderings every year

 

[Saintjay]

Darts isn't a sport and golf is barely. If you can do it without changing your clothes or shoes it's a hobby. That includes whacking a ball with a stick.

 

[ncurd]

Darts isn't a sport and golf is barely. If you can do it without changing your clothes or shoes it's a hobby. That includes whacking a ball with a stick.

You do wear diffrent shoes for golf....

It's a public vote and he's polarising but Mcilroy is just miles ahead of anyone on it in terms of his achievements in the year and what it means in the context of his career.


Bizarre that the golfer plays the most "legitimate" sport out of the male nominees.

I think in Britain he's seen as Irish rather than British he doesn't golf for us in the Olympics

 

[Saintjay]

You do wear diffrent shoes for golf....

I think in Britain he's seen as Irish rather than British he doesn't golf for us in the Olympics

You can also wear different shoes for gardening. You don't need too. Played golf a few times in addidas samba's.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

You do wear diffrent shoes for golf....

I think in Britain he's seen as Irish rather than British he doesn't golf for us in the Olympics

I love that and do agree. But if this was a panel decision I do think he'd be a shoo in.

Darts isn't a sport and golf is barely. If you can do it without changing your clothes or shoes it's a hobby. That includes whacking a ball with a stick.

Pro golf has a reasonably high athletic barrier, loads of guys on the elite amateur circuits with flawless games who just can't carry a ball 300yds. Definitely a higher percentage not making it in golf based on the genetic lottery than f1. Lionel Messi, wouldn't have made it if he'd been a prodigy in golf rather than soccer for example.

I think the whole "golf isn't a sport" argument is about as valid as saying swimming isn't a sport because there's a fat guy at your local pool who is there every week using a floaty. Or soccer isn't because you saw a bunch of out of shape lads with 2 left feet playing 5 aside.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I think the whole "golf isn't a sport" argument is about as valid as saying swimming isn't a sport because there's a fat guy at your local pool who is there every week using a floaty. Or soccer isn't because you saw a bunch of out of shape lads with 2 left feet playing 5 aside.

Two great opinions, tbf

 

[Saintjay]

I love that and do agree. But if this was a panel decision I do think he'd be a shoo in.



Pro golf has a reasonably high athletic barrier, loads of guys on the elite amateur circuits with flawless games who just can't carry a ball 300yds. Definitely a higher percentage not making it in golf based on the genetic lottery than f1. Lionel Messi, wouldn't have made it if he'd been a prodigy in golf rather than soccer for example.

I think the whole "golf isn't a sport" argument is about as valid as saying swimming isn't a sport because there's a fat guy at your local pool who is there every week using a floaty. Or soccer isn't because you saw a bunch of out of shape lads with 2 left feet playing 5 aside.

I was some what joking. I'll stick with the definition of if it requires a degree of physical effort and done competitively it's a sport. Even E-sports, lawn bowls and competitive eating.