Just having a think who the ten on the shortlist will be...
*DEAD CERTS*
* Joe Calzaghe
* Frankie Dettori
* Lewis Hamilton
* Ricky Hatton
*WHY AREN'T THEY BEING MENTIONED?*
* Dario Franchitti
* James Toseland
Can't think of any cricketer, footballer, someone in rugby or anyone else who really deserves a place on the shortlist of ten as of right now.
Amir Khan? Andy Murray? Monty Panesar? Kevin Pietersen? Michael Vaughan? Jonny Wilkinson? Are you having a laugh!?
Philips Idowu has an outside chance of being on the shortlist but only if he wins a gold medal at the IAAF World Championships later on this month.
Not many sporting events of any insignificance left. I doubt even if England won the Rugby World Cup that any player could beat out Lewis Hamilton.
...with voting probably done on the night again it'll probably be someone flukey who just happens to get the public imagination
and vote to finish third like Beth Tweddle did last year.
Who's favourite after Lewis Hamilton? Lord knows but even though consensus says Ricky Hatton it might just be Frankie Dettori who gets second to
BBC viewers.
All sorts of theories are out there such as 'Boxers don't win SPotY these days' or 'The
BBC won't allow somebody from a rival channel to win'. Mind how you go.
