Team GB has to be odds on for the team of the year, I hope the BBC do it so both the Olympic and Paralymic teams has the same recognition.
Sports Personality of the Year 2012
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There is no way the BBC will give this award to anything other than Olympians and Paralympians. Rightly or wrongly.
I think rightly so, after the games we have had and the biggest medal haul in a 100 years.
In the team award, there is no other team even close that can win it.
has to be Andy Murray now surely? gold medal in the Olympics and first Brit to win a Major in 76 years
I've got a tenner on John Terry.
If he had of won Wimbledon it would of been better for his chances.
Still cant see past Wiggins for it, first British winner of the Tour de France ever seals it.
Agreed but none of them exactly exude charisma.
BBC just announced the list for SPOTY 2012 here:
Bradley Wiggins
Ben Ainslie
Ellie Simmonds
Jessica Ennis
Sir Chris Hoy
Rory McIlroy
Nicola Adams
David Weir
Mo Farah
Andy Murray
Sarah Storey
Katherine Grainger
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/20466947
Bradley Wiggins
Ben Ainslie
Ellie Simmonds
Jessica Ennis
Sir Chris Hoy
Rory McIlroy
Nicola Adams
David Weir
Mo Farah
Andy Murray
Sarah Storey
Katherine Grainger
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/20466947
John Terry will be gutted.
Bradders
Don't give me this Mo Farah nonsense.
Don't give me this Mo Farah nonsense.
I'm sure he will be there ready to accept the award
He's up for coach of the year anyway
1 Wiggins
2 Murray
3 Weir
for me
Although i think Hoy will be in there, possibly Farrah or Ennis
2 Murray
3 Weir
for me
Although i think Hoy will be in there, possibly Farrah or Ennis
What a boring list.
Can you name some obvious omissions?
On tomorrow night
Odds:
B Wiggins 2/5
J Ennis 9/2
Farah 6/1
Murray 16/1
Weir 40/1
Simmonds 45/1
McIlroy 80/1
Hoy 100/1
Grainger 200/1
Ainslie 200/1
Adams 250/1
Storey 300/1
Hope Ennis gets it the little minx.
Odds:
B Wiggins 2/5
J Ennis 9/2
Farah 6/1
Murray 16/1
Weir 40/1
Simmonds 45/1
McIlroy 80/1
Hoy 100/1
Grainger 200/1
Ainslie 200/1
Adams 250/1
Storey 300/1
Hope Ennis gets it the little minx.
Ennis doesn't deserve it as much as wiggins, no one does
I'm aware of that, its purely for selfish reasons that i want Ennis to win
BBC have done articles on all the nominees, called "why _______ should win."
Nicola Adams
Ben Ainslie
Jessica Ennis
Mo Farah
Katherine Grainger
Sir Chris Hoy
Rory McIlroy
Andy Murray
Ellie Simmonds
Sarah Storey
David Weir
Bradley Wiggins
Nicola Adams
Ben Ainslie
Jessica Ennis
Mo Farah
Katherine Grainger
Sir Chris Hoy
Rory McIlroy
Andy Murray
Ellie Simmonds
Sarah Storey
David Weir
Bradley Wiggins
Might the Olympic vote get split among so many candidates? Wiggins has the Tour to set him apart in that way, and i'd expect Murray to have a large core of votes.
1st Wiggins
2nd Murray
3rd Farah or Ennis
1st Wiggins
2nd Murray
3rd Farah or Ennis
good call, but the BBC being the BBC, there could be a shock or too.
Listening to 5live, what the BBC are doing this year is showing us all 12 sportsmen/women and then opening the phone votes for an hour or so. Not like other years while starting the voting from the start of the show, which always gave the 1st person they would interview an advantage.
Hope it's not Ennis. Her achievements aren't on par with Wiggins, Murray or Farah. If she wasn't hot, she wouldn't even be considered.
Her arse and thighs say SPOTY. I love her body.
I disagree with that, Heptathlon/Decathlon Olympic gold should always be considered. But I agree that her achievements are not as great as Wiggins, Murray or Farah. I think the overexposure will count against Ennis.
Bookmakers got Jessica Ennis as favourite , so no need to tune in then.
Bradley Wiggins won a gold medal and was the first Brit to ever win the Tour de France possibly one of the most gruelling achievements in any sport.
He also has a personality if that still counts for anything.
most have Wiggins has fav , well according to this.
http://www.oddschecker.com/awards/sports-personality-of-the-year/winner
Spot on. I still can't understand how that knob Cavendish won last year
Mo should win after two track gold medals.
Yes it was an excellent Olympics for Mo, but any other year, than an Olympic one and betting would of stopped on Wiggins by now.
It will be a bit closer now but still cant see past Wiggins.
He won't get the votes this year;in sperate years, Murray,McIlroy,Farah would all walk it but in a vintage year for British sport Wiggins does stand out for 2 huge achievements in quick succession
It has to be Wiggins for me.
It's her again.
I hope they do the right thing and make the team of the year, the whole Olympic team including the Paralympics team.
Farah has been going round 'campaigning' for the award. That turns me right off. Wiggins has kept his dignity and has not gone on the celebrity trail at all.
without the volunteers, there would of been no Olympic's.
Ennis please 
Agree with this, even though I love Mo.