SPOTY to AP McCoy, team to golfers.
Think it should go to someone who achieves something in particular that year on the back of being pre-eminent in their sport. McCoy ticks both boxes. If BBC would stump up for the extra gong I could see a point in giving two awards, one for the one off achievement in which case Amy Williams, and one for the consistent brilliance – still AP McCoy for me.
On that basis last year would have been Button for the achievement in the year and Giggs for …… no still wouldn’t have been Giggs – how did he get SPOTY on the back of making 3 appearances that year, 2 as a substitute and once running the length of the field before remembering to put his shirt on? Now quite rightly a bookable offence IMHO. I mean he seems a nice lad, but honestly.
On an unrelated matter, I was a bit suprised to see that all 10 contenders this year profess to being lifelong Man United fans. Interestingly, so do all the contenders for the Young SPOTY and both the golfers and the cricketers have apparently made it known how grateful they were for their personal messages of congratulations from Sir Alex although the late favourites for the Team award are apparently the Manchester United Kabaddi team of Mumbai.