New Posts For Thread: ESPN's Top 20 sports Stars from the last 20 yearshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-yearsCame across a "greatest 20 sportspeople/athletes from 1995-2015" poll recently conducted by EPSN, very insular, 16 American's, 1 Jamaican, 1 Swiss, 1 Canadian, 1 Argentinian. 7 of the top 20 I'd never heard of as I don't follow American sports like BBaseball is played professionally in about twenty countries but just two in Europe, Italy and Nederlands.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546083385#546083385Baseball is played professionally in about twenty countries but just two in Europe, Italy and Nederlands.Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:34:56 -0500That list sucks. No Heurelho Gomes, so I'm out.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546043739#546043739That list sucks. No Heurelho Gomes, so I'm out.Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:01:36 -0500Messi, Ronaldo, Jordan, Serena, Fed, Tiger, Phelps, Bolt, Michael Johnson, SchumacherThink these ten are shoo ins. Not sure about Graf, she did the grand slam in 1988 iirc.Perhaps 1 from each of these...gridiron, baseball, cricket(tendles or Lara),https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546043499#546043499Messi, Ronaldo, Jordan, Serena, Fed, Tiger, Phelps, Bolt, Michael Johnson, SchumacherThink these ten are shoo ins. Not sure about Graf, she did the grand slam in 1988 iirc.Perhaps 1 from each of these...gridiron, baseball, cricket(tendles or Lara),Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:44:33 -0500"our bloke". That's a laugh!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546043409#546043409"our bloke". That's a laugh!Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:36:34 -0500Also, I would like to think if the UK did a poll, it would be more intelligent and less insular.You would like to think so , but just before the mens 200 metres final , 5% of the poll of viewers thought our bloke would beat Bolt & Gattlin to Gold .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546043149#546043149Also, I would like to think if the UK did a poll, it would be more intelligent and less insular.You would like to think so , but just before the mens 200 metres final , 5% of the poll of viewers thought our bloke would beat Bolt & Gattlin to Gold .Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:19:00 -0500At least two drugs cheats on there too.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546032117#546032117At least two drugs cheats on there too.Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:08:37 -0500Most countries are footballing countries so I think most would recongnise them and rightly so given it's a global sport, American Football and Baseball are not really. I think the only sportspeople included should be those who participate in worldwidhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546031803#546031803Most countries are footballing countries so I think most would recongnise them and rightly so given it's a global sport, American Football and Baseball are not really. I think the only sportspeople included should be those who participate in worldwidSun, 30 Aug 2015 17:11:14 -0500How many of Grafs slams were in the last 20 years? Hard to argue with the top 9 at least,all will go down as legends in their sports. It's a poll of Americans by Americans, I am sure if you did the same poll in the UK it would produce a lot of footbahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546031589#546031589How many of Grafs slams were in the last 20 years? Hard to argue with the top 9 at least,all will go down as legends in their sports. It's a poll of Americans by Americans, I am sure if you did the same poll in the UK it would produce a lot of footbaSun, 30 Aug 2015 16:38:30 -0500I thought you meant it's a poll of American sports stars.Either way that's the point I'm making, the biasm is ridiculous.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546031495#546031495I thought you meant it's a poll of American sports stars.Either way that's the point I'm making, the biasm is ridiculous.Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:26:34 -0500It's not a poll of American's, there are some non American in it.Who is it a poll of thenPredominantly American sportswriters ?Subscribers to ESPN.com ?either way you will have an overwhelming bias to US Sportshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30578357/espns-top-20-sports-stars-from-the-last-20-years?post_id=546031385#546031385It's not a poll of American's, there are some non American in it.Who is it a poll of thenPredominantly American sportswriters ?Subscribers to ESPN.com ?either way you will have an overwhelming bias to US SportsSun, 30 Aug 2015 16:17:12 -0500