Darts is a game....but not being a sport hasn't stopped the last two winners of SPOTY winning. More contentious still.
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Darts is a game....but not being a sport hasn't stopped the last two winners of SPOTY winning. More contentious still.
Look at it this way, he's already showing more personality than the vast majority of people on the SPOTY shortlists of the last 20 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by ramAnag
That’s not contentious...it’s just not true. The last two winners have been footballers and football is a sport regardless of gender participation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone
I seem to remember Steve Davis winning SPOTY though so the precedent for ‘games’ may have been set.
Even more contentious, as a non-minority person in a non-minority sport which BBC don’t have the rights to, will he be ‘remembered’ when the SPOTY winners are announced in 11 months timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone
Possibly depends on whether 2024 brings the same dearth of UK sporting achievement as 2023. I doubt the non minority aspect is even remotely relevant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy_Faber
He's a northerner thus an endangered minority 😄
Nah...haven’t you heard...this is the year we take back control...once Sunak plucks up the courage to finally consult the electorate. April or May looking likely I’ve heard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone
Just remember all, Jocky Wilson said 'It was reet petite'
Are you referencing that man of Reigate Grammer, Keir Starmer?Quote:
Originally Posted by ramAnag
Do you recall the song ‘oops I did it again’?Quote:
Originally Posted by ramAnag