Olympians Rebecca Adlington and Denise Lewis, Paralympian Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson and footballer Jason Roberts
Newspaper sports editors Mike Dunn (Independent, the i and Evening Standard), Howard Wheatcroft (Express Newspapers head of sport) and Alex Butler (Sunday Times); pan-sports broadcaster/journalist Alison Mitchell and the chair of SportScotland Louise Martin
Director of BBC Sport Barbara Slater; head of TV sport Philip Bernie and Carl Doran (executive editor, BBC Sports Personality of the Year)
I was in contact with Carl Doran a few years ago when I suggested Steve Prescott for the Helen Rollason award and he was aware of his story but I imagine the other have little knowledge of rugby league.
Blocked list galliant - When Gutterfax stands alone in a thread out comes his alt account to make it look like he's got support. Gutterfax - Yawnion patronising Troll Lebron James - yet another Yawnion patronising Troll,born watching the wrong sport he knows his beloved yawnion is 100 behind League so tries to talk Yawnion up and league down.
I'd say it's actually quite difficult for an individual member of a team sport to be nominated for spoty. Sure Bale is on there, but he plays our national sport and even then there is no way he's winning the thing. Sam's story is a brilliant one but something like this needs to appeal to the general public and sadly, for now at least, the general public have no idea who the hell Sam Burgess is.
There are no yawnion players either, though it has been a dull year even by the standards of that game. As had been pointed out team game sport stars are at a disadvantage (2 in the last 10 years), plus its a top nine really as there has to be the politically correct allocation of a paralympic spot these years.
Your job is to say to yourself on a job interview does the hiring manager likes me or not. If you aren't a particular manager's cup of tea, you haven't failed -- you've dodged a bullet.
Hamilton will win - his victory is fresh in everyone's mind and he doing much publicity to promote SPOY. For McIlroy should win it but he will be second.
I'd say it's actually quite difficult for an individual member of a team sport to be nominated for spoty. Sure Bale is on there, but he plays our national sport and even then there is no way he's winning the thing. Sam's story is a brilliant one but something like this needs to appeal to the general public and sadly, for now at least, the general public have no idea who the hell Sam Burgess is.
I watch a lot of sports but I've no idea who some of them are. So it's pretty irrelevant their popularity.
Angry, but not surprised Burgess isn't in. Snobbery and ignorance on the highest level.
