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Old 18-12-2016, 21:38
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Anyone who admires what he's achieved, maybe they just don't like him much as a person? I seem to vaguely remember there was some negative publicity about him after the London Olympics when he got something like £250,000 for running half a marathon or something? I think it was a whole marathon but he only ran half of it ..? And there were things about him doing anything for money ... ? I remember he ran some race earlier this year and on the radio they were on about that, about some of the things he's done for the money not going down well ... something like that, I was only half listening!
The thing is he's a sports person. What's he supposed to do.. turn the money down? He's got a large family. Other sports people make hundreds of thousands per week like top Footballers. Why shouldn't he profit from his own success? I don't see that as a reason for him not to get votes.

I think what really has hurt him is the claims made against his coach and the fact him winning has become rather routine now. His story isn't what it used to be. And that's what win votes with SPOTY... story. It's never really been decided by pure sporting achievement.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:39
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Final full results:

1. Andy Murray - 247,419
2. Alistair Brownlee - 121,665
3. Nick Skelton - 109,197
4. Mo Farah - 54,476
5. Sophie Christiansen - 37,284
6. Kate Richardson-Walsh - 34,604
7. Max Whitlock - 32,858
8. Laura Kenny - 31,781
9. Jamie Vardy - 25,020
10. Jason Kenny - 12,376
11. Adam Peaty - 11,129
12. Gareth Bale - 10,786
13. Nicola Adams - 7,812
14. Kadeena Cox - 5,574
15. Dame Sarah Storey - 3,580
16. Danny Willett - 2,227
Andy won it by a country mile and then some.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:39
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Sophie getting fifth is a tremendous result for her, and for the Paralympic movement.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:41
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Andy got 361,446 last year and that was mostly for a team win in the Davis Cup.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:42
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Oh sorry I thought you meant in the room with him like Lennox.
Where you watching it? There was quite a big blurb on it before the awards were announced because three of them weren't there.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:43
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Was that the same age of Linford Christie when he left Jamaica and moved here
Almost. A quick google tells us he was 7 when he left Jamaica.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:43
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Final full results:

1. Andy Murray - 247,419
2. Alistair Brownlee - 121,665
3. Nick Skelton - 109,197
4. Mo Farah - 54,476
5. Sophie Christiansen - 37,284
6. Kate Richardson-Walsh - 34,604
7. Max Whitlock - 32,858
8. Laura Kenny - 31,781
9. Jamie Vardy - 25,020
10. Jason Kenny - 12,376
11. Adam Peaty - 11,129
12. Gareth Bale - 10,786
13. Nicola Adams - 7,812
14. Kadeena Cox - 5,574
15. Dame Sarah Storey - 3,580
16. Danny Willett - 2,227

Top 3 were pretty clear of the field there. Sophie and Kate placed much higher than I would have expected, good for them!
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:44
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Top 3 way clear. Great to see Sophie and Kate finishing so high up
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:44
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Andy got 361,446 last year and that was mostly for a team win in the Davis Cup.
tougher competition this year though.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:46
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Almost. A quick google tells us he was 7 when he left Jamaica.
So Linford won one Olympic gold medal in his entire career. And won Sports Personality of the year beating Sally Gunnell that year even though he was not born here
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:46
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on a side note, would like to point and laugh at the telegraph who claimed earlier in the week Bale was likely to place in the top 3....
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:46
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tougher competition this year though.
And a lot fewer votes for some reason. Maybe people assumed Murray's easy victory.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:47
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on a side note, would like to point and laugh at the telegraph who claimed earlier in the week Bale was likely to place in the top 3....
In the Welsh vote, maybe.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:48
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tougher competition this year though.
He still got more than double the votes Brownlee got.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:48
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And a lot fewer votes for some reason. Maybe people assumed Murray's easy victory.
what was the total vote overall last year? I remember Murray had a huge victory margin, but can't recall the vote total.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:48
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Was that the same age of Linford Christie when he left Jamaica and moved here
Linford Christie isn't a muslim though.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:50
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Andy Murray is our greatest sportsman at present - thoroughly deserved.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:50
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Linford Christie isn't a muslim though.
Sadly that is the real reason. Too many bigoted, ignorant idiots out there who cannot see past what the Daily Mail/Sun tell them.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:51
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Linford Christie isn't a muslim though.
Well it looks like Amir Khan has no chance of winning it in the near future then
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:51
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what was the total vote overall last year? I remember Murray had a huge victory margin, but can't recall the vote total.
2015: 1,009,471
2016: 747,788

Murray got 33.1% of the vote this year compared to 35.8% last year.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:53
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Sadly that is the real reason. Too many bigoted, ignorant idiots out there who cannot see past what the Daily Mail/Sun tell them.
Especially (sadly) given the various political results of this year.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:54
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Murray got 33.1% of the vote this year compared to 35.8% last.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:55
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He still got more than double the votes Brownlee got.
yep, its amazing how popular he is now, all those years on this forum defending him from people saying some pretty awful things about him (including one poster suggesting it was shame Hamilton didn't have one more bullet ) and finally these last couple of years it seems like people finally appreciate him.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:56
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Final full results:

1. Andy Murray - 247,419
2. Alistair Brownlee - 121,665
3. Nick Skelton - 109,197
4. Mo Farah - 54,476
5. Sophie Christiansen - 37,284
6. Kate Richardson-Walsh - 34,604
7. Max Whitlock - 32,858
8. Laura Kenny - 31,781
9. Jamie Vardy - 25,020
10. Jason Kenny - 12,376
11. Adam Peaty - 11,129
12. Gareth Bale - 10,786
13. Nicola Adams - 7,812
14. Kadeena Cox - 5,574
15. Dame Sarah Storey - 3,580
16. Danny Willett - 2,227
Even the Kenney votes combined only make 5th.

Surprised Laura is so low and Max didn't finish over 5th and 6th. Peaty should have added the other Breaststroke event and will have been higher.

Had the been there, Frrome and Frampton would have been 30,000 votes, I would have thought.
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Old 18-12-2016, 21:57
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yep, its amazing how popular he is now, all those years on this forum defending him from people saying some pretty awful things about him (including one poster suggesting it was shame Hamilton didn't have one more bullet ) and finally these last couple of years it seems like people finally appreciate him.
Tell me about it.
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