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Earps won because she's the best female goalkeeper in the world
This may well be true, I have no idea. Or how notable it is. I can absolutely guarantee however that less than 10% of the voting audience for her have any thorough knowledge of the rather niche world of global female footballing goalkeepers, and would most likely struggle to even name another one outside of Britain. The debate about what it should take/deserve to win spoty has always been endless, even what the phrase 'sports personality' is intended to mean. I don't actually care myself, there's a public vote and someone wins, it was up to me to judge who might that be before it became obvious. It has become a rather niche event in of itself anyway. My observations are mostly around the betting, and my involvement. What used to be another annual specials money spinner, I don't play any more. The way I see it, the rules of engagement have shifted away from what I am quite good at. We may well see another Ben Stokes Or Emma type achievement that meant they could not be overtaken by a narrative. If we're honest, if things had played out exactly the same in the sporting world in 2011 instead of this year, I doubt Earps would have been in the top half of the final 10. I doubt, outside of friends and family of the players, too many other people even knew that a female football world cup was taking place, never mind determining that a participant was the best sporting performer our country had that year. I'm not even trying to claim it is better/worse now/then, just that it's no longer something that I will be engaging in from a betting perspective. |
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All very good points cider.
The odd thing is that from a betting perspective this year was one of the easiest really - Earps was over evens for plenty time after she had done what she did to win it. Fair play to GB for being early in pointing it out. BTW I love your point above: I can absolutely guarantee however that less than 10% of the voting audience for her have any thorough knowledge of the rather niche world of global female footballing goalkeepers, and would most likely struggle to even name another one outside of Britain. Like you said, this is no longer a recognition of greatness in sport primarily, but a chat show style magazine presentation of what the BBC think sport is currently. Would be interesting to see it on a different channel for sure, maybe even a sports channel like SKY? |
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Definitely stu, well done to anyone who cleaned up. There's certainly a betting angle still (for other people!). Probably as many gamblers are still playing in the market under the old rules of engagement. When I bet, I use my instincts primarily, and they are not suited to the new scenario. That goes for most specials events atm. SCD was once a cash machine, and this year my only play was related to the old dead heat angle once the final was down to three places.
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BBC1 6 part drama series #Vigil ends with a slot winning 2.5m audience at 9pm, preceded by annual #SportsPersonalityoftheYear event, 2.9m viewers, but BBC's biggest audience of the night - biggest across all channels - was 4.4m for regional news at 6.30pm.
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2.9 million - they used to laugh at programmes like Big Brother when they got more than that.
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Quite clear their pretence that it is the UK population voting on this, is a complete sham these days.
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