{"id":3378,"date":"2011-11-29T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T13:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2011-11-29T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T14:26:25","slug":"all-male-line-up-for-bbc-sports-personality-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=3378","title":{"rendered":"All male line up for BBC sports personality 2011!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Its not often I rant on my blog, but it\u2019s time for one: Why, oh why, do we have a 10 person short list for the BBC sports personality 2011 that does not include a woman? Why, why, why\u00a0are there 3 golfers in the line up?!<\/p>\n

Decided by a \u2018panel\u2019 of sports editors the short list is (in alphabetical order): Mark Cavendish (cycling), Darren Clarke (golf), Alastair Cook (cricket), Luke Donald (golf), Mo Farah (athletics), Dai Greene (athletics), Amir Khan (boxing), Rory McIlroy (golf), Andy Murray (tennis), Andrew Strauss (cricket).<\/p>\n

I thought I would look into how they were selected. The BBC website shows the sports editors publications and how they voted http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/sports_personality\/15895642.stm<\/a><\/p>\n

Zoo, Nuts\u2026\u2026 no wonder there are no women, I don\u2019t see any female targeted publications in the list.<\/p>\n

Obviously a panel needs to contain a spread of publications from all spectrums, and most magazines concentrate on one particular sport so are excluded. It is good to see a regional spread but one that produces no female finalists does nothing to encourage \u00bd of the UK population into sport, or give them a role model they can associate with.<\/p>\n

I also think that one sport should have no more than 2 places in the final for two reasons. With 3 golfers in the final list the \u2018golfing vote\u2019 will be split meaning that it is likely none of them will win however well deserved, and\u00a0with \u00bd of the finalists being from just two sports (athletics and golf) it does restrict the public vote and disengages even more those viewers who are interested in more minority sports.<\/p>\n

Time to look at the selection policy for 2012 I think.<\/p>\n

No prizes for guessing who my vote goes to \u2013 good luck Cav.<\/p>\n

Rant over.<\/p>\n

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Its not often I rant on my blog, but it\u2019s time for one: Why, oh why, do we have a 10 person short list for the BBC sports personality 2011 that does not include a woman? Why, why, why\u00a0are there 3 golfers in the line up?! Decided by a \u2018panel\u2019 of sports editors the short … <\/p>\n

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