We now have another controversy where megaphone protesters are demanding that Tyson Fury is removed from the candidates to become BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.
Tyson Fury is entitled to his opinion and provided he does not try to incite others to commit violent acts or indulge in hate crime then he can say what he likes as far as I am concerned. The same opinions can be heard in pubs and religious establishments all over the country.
It is no use the BBC, however, saying that he is just a sportsman who has won a sporting event. The BBC has turned sport into a pageant and a carnival with its sports review of the year. This annual event is now more of a celebrity forum rather than a celebration of sporting prowess. It is bound to attract criticism when it invites controversial figures to take part in this mawkish nonsense.
Most of the sports people who appear on the programme hardly have strong personalities and every year they mumble the same old platitudes of how they could not have done this or that without the support of their family or a trainer. They do not utter any opinion of real value or controversy.
Why do they appear on this programme where mutual back slapping is the order of the day? They have been well rewarded already with their medals, belts and cups and plenty of money if they are professionals. Why do they need public acclamation and a silver television camera as well?
The programme has got a hackneyed format where sporting professional "luvvies" pat themselves on the back to the sound of schmaltzy music.
Amateur sportsmen and women,who really keep the sporting life of the nation going, never get any real recognition and their opinions do not matter in the age of celebrity culture.
Why doesn't the BBC do us all a favour and stop broadcasting this awful programme every year. No one will really miss anything; as sports fans will have already recorded their favourite sporting event and all that they will be missing is the cheesiness of it all.
The BBC could invite Tyson Fury to defend his opinions on BBC Question Time to see if he can go a few rounds with the real people in the audience. I think that the audience might win on points.
The BBC should replace Sports Personality Of The Year with a re-run of the 2015 Last Night Of The Proms. Marin Alsop's conducting, performance and opinions are worthy of any forum.
http://www.marinalsop.com/news/marin-alsop-returns-to-conduct-the-last-night-of-the-bbc-proms-2015/
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