Andy Murray Sports Personality of the Year

[Deleted member 4366]

I can understand an award for sports achievement, but sports personality??? He's got about as much personality as a kipper. I would have given him award as the sportsman with the least personality.

Presumably the BBC or whovever chose him play tennis, or were all the other sportsmen on the shortlist already dead.

Have I missed something? Did he ever do anything to warrant the title of "personality"?

 

[flecc]

That's what happens when the public are asked to vote, they often don't understand the question or don't know the truth.

The BBC had a similar wrong result in their Britain's Greatest Engineering Achievement vote, when the public voted for the French designed Concorde. They obviously didn't know or understand that of the two competing designs, the six engined British one was dropped in favour of the four engined French design, which was then jointly developed.
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[oldtom]

I suppose he deserves some recognition for his recent achievements but I just wish they'd stop interviewing his mother!

Tom

 

[anotherkiwi]

I think they mean:

personality noun (FAMOUS PERSON)

Which probably originates in the US variant of the English language.

 

[Artstu]

I think most people miss out the ality. Sports person of the year it is then.

 

[JuicyBike]

I think most people miss out the ality. Sports person of the year it is then.

Yep - we should ban ality

 

[Tabs]

Well done Andy!!!

 

[Emo Rider]

Everyone I talked to today had the same chuckle over this but all agreed, including myself, that it was well earned. WTG Andy

 

[LeighPing]

He'd make an onion cry!

 

[cardenal]

It appears the poor chap doesn't have a personality at all.
Great athlete though.

 

[cardenal]

That's what happens when the public are asked to vote, they often don't understand the question or don't know the truth.
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...a bit like Brexit?? Donald Trump???

 

[Zlatan]

...a bit like Brexit?? Donald Trump???

He still won tho !

 

[Croxden]

He still won tho !

One winner, many losers.