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So, there's a bit of controversy about the nominations for the sports personality of the year. There's no women involved.
Rebecca Adlington's a bit miffed and advocates the same sort of "disgrace" she's moaning about being visited on the men next year:
I have to say ('cause I'm in that sort of mood) - sorry Becks, but if you were racing against men you'd never even qualify for the olympics so STFU.
Whadda you think? Arsed? Even in the slightest?
As an aside, I understand that it's sports "personality" - so the person with the best personality alongside an achievement should get a look-in - which gives women a greater chance. Frankly, finding a sportsperson with a personality is pretty difficult - they spend so much time training that they've no time to develop the mental faculties that mean that they have anything interesting to say other than about their chosen profession.
Edit: Jake Humphrey mentioned Chrissy Wellington (sp?) saying she's the best in the world at the Iron Man - but that belies the fact that it's the Iron Man - does she compete against the men? If she does, does she post better times? If not - then she can fuck off.
Rebecca Adlington's a bit miffed and advocates the same sort of "disgrace" she's moaning about being visited on the men next year:
Rebecca Adlington said:Hopefully next year can be all women nominations after London 2012
I have to say ('cause I'm in that sort of mood) - sorry Becks, but if you were racing against men you'd never even qualify for the olympics so STFU.
Whadda you think? Arsed? Even in the slightest?
As an aside, I understand that it's sports "personality" - so the person with the best personality alongside an achievement should get a look-in - which gives women a greater chance. Frankly, finding a sportsperson with a personality is pretty difficult - they spend so much time training that they've no time to develop the mental faculties that mean that they have anything interesting to say other than about their chosen profession.
Edit: Jake Humphrey mentioned Chrissy Wellington (sp?) saying she's the best in the world at the Iron Man - but that belies the fact that it's the Iron Man - does she compete against the men? If she does, does she post better times? If not - then she can fuck off.