Post subject: Re: Female sports, are they taken seriously by the media ?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:30 pm
Rock God X
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lefty goldblatt wrote:Why can't people just be chosen for what they've acheived thatsporting year, not because they "tick the box" for some particular 'group of people'
Post subject: Re: Female sports, are they taken seriously by the media ?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:04 pm
cod'ead
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So, of the nominations we have:
Mark Cavendish - Rides a bike and became famous for a supporting role in this year's Tour de France
Alastair Cook - Long pants - disqualified
Mo Farrah - Who? I bet I'm not the only one who thought this was a female nomination to slip under the radar
Amir Khan - Nice lad and decent boxer but needs to step up and test himself
Andy Murray - Terminally whingeing kid who desparately needs to sack his mum and make his own way in the world
Darren Clarke - More famous for tragically losing his wife than any sporting achievement. But anyway: Long pants - disqualified
Luke Donald - Long pants - disqualified
Dai Greene - (see Mo Farrah)
Rory McIlroy - "The youngest since..." says it all really and..... Long pants - disqualified
Andrew Strauss - South African and....... Long pants - disqualified
If that's the best they can come up with then it really does need euthenasing
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Post subject: Re: Female sports, are they taken seriously by the media ?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:17 pm
Dally
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If that's the list it's a fiddle to get Murray to win - on the basis he'll be the only one most have heard of. BBC Sport is a joke. The sooner that particular fawning show gets scrapped the better. It's awful.
Post subject: Re: Female sports, are they taken seriously by the media ?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:43 pm
cod'ead
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Rock God X wrote:Saw him win the world 5000m title in pretty impressive style this year.
That's as may be but if you polled the average street, I reckon the answer would be "that little dark-haired girl off Eastenders"
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Post subject: Re: Female sports, are they taken seriously by the media ?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:15 am
Stealth Comic
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cod'ead wrote:So, of the nominations we have:
Mark Cavendish - Rides a bike and became famous for a supporting role in this year's Tour de France
Winning the green jersey in Tour de France is a pretty big deal, Cavendish is much more famous on the continent than he is here.
This year he also, became World Road Race Champion in London and became only the second man in history to win the final stage of the Tour de France on the Champs-Elysées 3 times in succession.
As regards the job he does as a road race sprinter, he's comfortably the best in the world.
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Post subject: Re: Female sports, are they taken seriously by the media ?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:19 am
BrisbaneRhino
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But in Britain cycling is a non-event for most people except for the Olympics. I'm sure fans of most of the other contenders could reel off a list of their recent achievements that will sound as vaguely impressive as the above. Cavendish's achievements are all well and good, but I'm sure most people don't care - hardly anyone would notice if you'd made all that up.
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