BBC Sports Personality 2020

[kryptqnick]

Greetings!
While there have been considerations about the possible cancellation of the event in 2020 due to the pandemic, it seems that BBC Sports Personality of the Year will probably be awarded.
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Who do you think will win the award? It seems that Tyson Fury is the likeliest winner. He's been favorite for this award since February, and he's still holding the status. Would you call putting some mbtc on him a safe bet?

[akhjob]

Who do you think will win the award? It seems that Tyson Fury is the likeliest winner. He's been favorite for this award since February, and he's still holding the status. Would you call putting some mbtc on him a safe bet?

I don't think it is a safe bet, but yeah most probably, it's going to be Tyson Fury for his win by KO against Wilder, because I believe its a good career achievement. Lewis Hamilton also stands a good chance for winning the F1 race, but I dont think he would become bbc sportsperson of the year because he has been winning almost all of the F1 races since 2014. Last year, Ben Stokes won the title because of the Cricket WorldCup win, so I don't think there is any chance for Broad, Butler or Root to win it either. For Murray, we have to wait for the US open results. Rest of them, I don't even know which sport they represent correctly.

[Natalim]

Do you know the criteria for choosing the BBC Sports Personality 2020?

Why Manny Pacquiao not in the list? I would put my bet on him regardless of the odds if he is part of it, and I'm just curious, what do you think is the reason why Fury is the heavy favorites?

[Kemarit]

Do you know the criteria for choosing the BBC Sports Personality 2020?

Why Manny Pacquiao not in the list? I would put my bet on him regardless of the odds if he is part of it, and I'm just curious, what do you think is the reason why Fury is the heavy favorites?

Manny Pacquiao is not British so he is out of the list,  

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award is the main award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony, which takes place each December. The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most that year. The recipient must either be British or reside and play a significant amount of their sport in the United Kingdom.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Award)

I think Fury's win over America's Wilder's will get my vote or, or least that's where I'm going to bet. And I think it has impacted British sports more than Marcus Rashford. And his comeback is really impressive, fought Wilder the first time in which he got up, and others may argue that he really won that fight. And then in the rematch, he outclassed Wilder (drop him twice) and won the title.

[batang_bitcoin]

Do you know the criteria for choosing the BBC Sports Personality 2020?

Why Manny Pacquiao not in the list? I would put my bet on him regardless of the odds if he is part of it, and I'm just curious, what do you think is the reason why Fury is the heavy favorites?

Just to add small info to Kemarit's answer. BBC is a British broadcasting media company. If there will be this kind of awarding managed by another company or organization and the entries could be from any nationality, we may see Manny Pacquiao included in it.
But for now, we should focus on the nominees specific to their own athletes.

[tyz]

From the list shown, it must Lewis Hamilton. I am not really a fan of him but he is without doubt a great athlete who can even become the greatest in Formula 1 this season. The other nominees didn't do nearly as great and the 2019 season was just perfect for him. It would be a disappointment if he would not win it.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

From the list shown, it must Lewis Hamilton. I am not really a fan of him but he is without doubt a great athlete who can even become the greatest in Formula 1 this season. The other nominees didn't do nearly as great and the 2019 season was just perfect for him. It would be a disappointment if he would not win it.

There is also a good case for Lewis Hamilton, won his 6th titles, second place in all time list behind the great Schumacher. Of course he could have accomplished more this 2020 and move first in the all time list, but we all know that the pandemic affected a lot of sports. So it will be really a toss up between him and Tyson Fury. But I wouldn't be surprised Hamilton win this one.

[tyz]

From the list shown, it must Lewis Hamilton. I am not really a fan of him but he is without doubt a great athlete who can even become the greatest in Formula 1 this season. The other nominees didn't do nearly as great and the 2019 season was just perfect for him. It would be a disappointment if he would not win it.

There is also a good case for Lewis Hamilton, won his 6th titles, second place in all time list behind the great Schumacher. Of course he could have accomplished more this 2020 and move first in the all time list, but we all know that the pandemic affected a lot of sports. So it will be really a toss up between him and Tyson Fury. But I wouldn't be surprised Hamilton win this one.

The new season has started promisingly for him. I don't see any serious competition this year, which is why I expect him to overtake Schuhmachers record this year and become the biggest in the sport. As I said, I am not a fan of him but you have to acknowledge his achievements.

[babygun]

It is surprising to see that the odd to win of Ronnie O'Sullivan is quite low. He is the best snooker player in the world and recently won the World Championship for the 6th time, but I think his chances to win are quite low. The only snooker player to have ever won the BBC Sports Personality is Steve Davis. Even the great Stephen Hendry has never won it.

I am placing a bet on Fury to win the award.

[Natalim]

Do you know the criteria for choosing the BBC Sports Personality 2020?

Why Manny Pacquiao not in the list? I would put my bet on him regardless of the odds if he is part of it, and I'm just curious, what do you think is the reason why Fury is the heavy favorites?

Just to add small info to Kemarit's answer. BBC is a British broadcasting media company. If there will be this kind of awarding managed by another company or organization and the entries could be from any nationality, we may see Manny Pacquiao included in it.
But for now, we should focus on the nominees specific to their own athletes.

Damn, my bad, honestly, I know BBC is popular, I can see it on my TV channels but I didn't know its (BBC) meaning, haha..

Sorry guys, please just disregard my comments and question.

[Yaunfitda]

It is surprising to see that the odd to win of Ronnie O'Sullivan is quite low. He is the best snooker player in the world and recently won the World Championship for the 6th time, but I think his chances to win are quite low. The only snooker player to have ever won the BBC Sports Personality is Steve Davis. Even the great Stephen Hendry has never won it.

I think snooker is not the popular though, and although Ronnie O'Sullivan is really that good, I don't think he reach so much influence as let's say compare to Fury right now or Lewis Hamilton.

I am placing a bet on Fury to win the award.

Fury is clearly the the odds favorite to win and he could get it this year with his back to back wins against Wilder.

[Timelord2067]

You'd have to wonder who half of these players are - do they play darts or snooker?  I know I'm on the other side of the world, but I agree with @Natalim that there's quite a few names missing (I'd've said Jeff Horn myself) - Scratching for names they must have gone for motorcycle riders to entice the Top Gear team back.

[swogerino]

I think it should be Hamilton.Even though he has won it last year or in previous years as I don’t recall correctly now he deserves to win it.He has showed consistency in the sport he is part of the F1 and he has only proved that he has won consistently with the two teams that he has raced so far,Mclaren and Mercedes.

[fiulpro]

I do understand one thing here though : the odds are really low , If we do calculate the probability here .

There are 30 people , only one would get the prize.

Therefore the probability will be 1/30

The percentage would be : 3.33%

Now if I do place the bets it would not really be in our favour. Therefore I do believe am going to skip it since no one can actually perceive what's going on in the mind of judges.

[yazher]

what do you think is the reason why Fury is the heavy favorites?

I have seen last time the highlights of the Fight between Fury and Wilder, despite Fury has some arrogant attitude, he still gain some huge popularity in their country. for them, He is some kind of a hero. You can see the way the crowds are cheering for him Fury is like Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines. whenever he is fighting in the ring, the criminal rate is greatly subsided until his match is over.

[tokeweed]

Lol.  I got Marcus Rashford at a bad line at 2.73 or something.  And Tyson Fury was around 1.85ish that time.

Anway I put some action on Rash during the height of the BLM thing going on.    Thought he'd win since he was kinda vocal about it a couple of months ago.

[Tipstar]

There are a very few sports going on in 2020. I think the most active player and the definite winner in his game is Lewis Hamilton. He is nominated for last two years but haven't won for some years now and there's not much ring action for Tyson Fury in 2020. Not much good action from football and cricket players from UK. Or it could also be some new players from some other sports I'm not aware of.

[leea-1334]

Why is the favorite someone I do not even know haha,,, anyway I think we should look at a surprise winner this year but it is hard to see Lewis Hamilton not win it IMO,,, not because I personally think he is a great guy but because I actually believe they will select people based on performance still more than personality.

[dothebeats]

I haven't been following much sports since the start of 2020 but my interest has been piqued by motosports (again) due to the 2020 F1 World Championship. I kinda wanna see Hamilton win this award for this year although that will be a little bit too biased since I only watch F1. Tyson Fury is also one in my books due to his bout recently against Deontay Wilder. These two showed great deal of professionalism in their craft for me, and if I were to pick a champ--even if it's too biased on my liking lol--it's just between the two of them.

[Bezobraznike]

I haven't been following much sports since the start of 2020 but my interest has been piqued by motosports (again) due to the 2020 F1 World Championship. I kinda wanna see Hamilton win this award for this year although that will be a little bit too biased since I only watch F1. Tyson Fury is also one in my books due to his bout recently against Deontay Wilder. These two showed great deal of professionalism in their craft for me, and if I were to pick a champ--even if it's too biased on my liking lol--it's just between the two of them.

   Like you Dothebeats I have the same experience, this year I didn't follow sport events as I did before. From all the pressure around
I put sport events on a side, and I was focused on other things.
   I see many well-known names on this list, but I don't know about their performance in the past 9 months. Any of my picks would be
just guessing based on their results in the past. I will pass this, but if someone from here is sure in the outcome I would dare to follow,
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