Originally Posted by dodrade:
“There will be at least couple of non-Olympians, there were other sports taking place the rest of the year as well. Chris Froome for one will be nominated for winning the Tour de France rather than his Bronze medal. Murray would have been nominated for winning Wimbledon again even if he hadn't retained his Olympic title.
Jonathan Rea probably ought to be nominated for winning back to back World Superbike titles as Carl Fogarty was but I can't see it happening.”
I will be shocked if the list is not just of people who competed in Rio, either in the Paralympics or Olympics, such was the extraordinary level of success we had in both games.
You mentioned Froome and Murray due to their other successes, and that is true, but they also competed in Rio, and achieved success there, so my point still stands.
This is just an extraordinary year, with so many people achieving so much, that it would be hard to include non Paralympians or Olympians.
Originally Posted by k0213818:
“Part of me wishes Michael Bisping would get a nomination, but MMA being recognised in this country isn't going to happen for a long time.”
I agree with you there on both points, he should be at least talked about on the show, but due to MMA not really being seen as even on a level par as say with boxing, (which gets far too much press coverage in comparison), then sadly I don't see him getting the recognition that he fully deserves.