norbold Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 28 minutes ago, Split said: Briggo's 'success' in 1966 was a result of a campaign run by the Speedway Star for all readers to vote for him to promote the sport in the media. I recall reading an article in the Sunday Mirror by a journalist named Sam Leitch condemning the result because Barry Bloggs (sic) was not a household name and that in his opinion Briggo’s second place was not a true reflection of his place in sporting history. It led to a flood of mail from irate speedway fans saying that Sam ‘Bleach’ (who also worked as a sports presenter on the BBC) had no idea just how popular the sport was. Yes, I remember that well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Never the less he was really correct.No matter how popular speedway was in 1966 it wasn’t as popular as the football World Cup and the England team.And even if Briggo was by far the most popular speedway rider,he wasn’t as popular as the most popular football players,was he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Never the less he was really correct.No matter how popular speedway was in 1966 it wasn’t as popular as the football World Cup and the England team.And even if Briggo was by far the most popular speedway rider,he wasn’t as popular as the most popular football players,was he? Whilst that is probably true, there is no point in opening it up to popular vote then. Why not just choose the winner in the same way they choose the team or the overseas player of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, norbold said: Whilst that is probably true, there is no point in opening it up to popular vote then. Why not just choose the winner in the same way they choose the team or the overseas player of the year? I think the same way sports have rules.They naively expect people to play fairly.They obviously didn’t think one sport might make a campaign to get one person voted,just as sports expect people to play fair and not cheat A campaign is a form of cheating.I well imagine a number of speedway riders the year before all had a small but decent support, then all of a sudden Briggo got massive support and the other riders probably only got a handful of votes between them.Stuck out like. a sore thumb,I bet Edited October 11, 2018 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 It's just Boaty McBoat Face all over again! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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