BBC SPOTY | Team of the Year: CITY | Coach of the Year: GUARDIOLA | World Sport Star: HAALAND

[stan bowles]

Absolutely. The work he has done for his friend is phenomenal

Yes indeed. The BBC normally are all over this.

 

[Brewster's millions]

This is the criteria for 2023

Sportspeople are eligible to be nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award if they are UK citizens or all of the following criteria apply:

• they play a significant amount of their sport in the UK; and
• their core achievements that year were achieved in the UK, and not with a non-UK based team (in which case they would more likely qualify for the World Sport Star award); and
• they have been a resident in the UK for a minimum of 10 years.

Non-playing coaches or management are not eligible.

So they changed it to exclude Haaland but not Detorri. But obviously it’s not fixed.

 

[bluethrunthru]

This is the criteria for 2023

Sportspeople are eligible to be nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award if they are UK citizens or all of the following criteria apply:

• they play a significant amount of their sport in the UK; and
• their core achievements that year were achieved in the UK, and not with a non-UK based team (in which case they would more likely qualify for the World Sport Star award); and
• they have been a resident in the UK for a minimum of 10 years.

Non-playing coaches or management are not eligible.

Haaland is 23 - since 2015 he has played in Norway, Austria and Germany and one year with us so I'd say he falls down on 1 and 2

Wiegman won in 22 but that was the Coach of the Year section not the main award wasn't it?

 

[bluethrunthru]

Ah ok but I thought he did his 7 marathons in 7 days this summer ?

Think it may have been the Helen Rollason award last year

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Dalglish (Kenny, not Kelly) got the lifetime achievement award.

I’m betting that will mean more ;-)

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Also remember Aguerro spent a decade with us and won what? 15 trophies? Never got even a sniff of the Overseas Award. Haaland could score 100 goals in a season in a City team that won all 4 domestic trophies and everything in Europe over a 15 year career in the UK whilst saving a kid from a burning car, opening 20 foodbanks and obtaining UK Citizenship and still the headlines would be "Norwegian footballer flaunts his wealth in the faces of the poor and starving by offering supermarket cheap own brand beans " - we are City and we know the score folks

I think you're a bit paranoid about it.
The last 3 years a female has won it. Most current Premier league players don't even qualify.
At the end of the day, it's more of a personality contest, a little like "dancing on ice" or "strictly"

 

[bluethrunthru]

So they changed it to exclude Haaland but not Detorri. But obviously it’s not fixed.

Jesus - Dettori has lived in the UK riding winners since the late 80's - I'd say that the MAJORITY of his career not just a single season

 

[bluethrunthru]

I think you're a bit paranoid about it.
The last 3 years a female has won it. Most current Premier league players don't even qualify.
At the end of the day, it's more of a personality contest, a little like "dancing on ice" or "strictly"

You do have a point there - changing face of sport and sports coverage. Honest question - where football is concerned do you think that could also be the changing face of PL Club ownership turning the people picking the final 6 away from PL footballers?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

So they changed it to exclude Haaland but not Detorri. But obviously it’s not fixed.

No one non-British has ever won the SPOTY award.

The only two non-Brits to finish in the top 3 are Barry Briggs and Dettori himself.

I think you’re reaching a bit there.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

So they changed it to exclude Haaland but not Detorri. But obviously it’s not fixed.

Not sure about that.