I totally think that Michael Phelps should have gotten the SI Sportsman of the Year. He was the best athlete at the Olympics and was competing against the best people in the world. He was able to win so many medals at one Olympics with a schedule that many other athletes couldn't handle. But, I am sure that the DUI totally cancelled him out. If he was a football or basketball player up for this award and got a DUI or arrested for rape, he still would have gotten the award. It just goes to show you how the Mainstream Sports Press don't want to see a swimmer get any kind of a mainstream award and will find anything negative to tear swimmers down a few notches. The Mainstream sports press will feature you on the SI Fox Special and let you to the ESPY Awards. But, to receive an award is just ludicrous to them for swimming. This wouldn't have happened to Kobe Bryant. Swimming is still the most looked down upon or discriminated Sport out there.
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Yes the Red Sox won the World Series, but doesn't a team win the World Series each year? True it has been 75 years since they last won it, but I don't think the athletes should be called the athlete of the year. They haven't been playing for 75 years to accomplish that. The true people that should be awarded should be the fans that have watched the team lose for that long. I think the SI award is a joke. What Phelps and Armstrong did this year way outshine what the Red Sox did. If that is the logic I guess if the Arizona Cardinals ever make it to the NFC Championship game they should get the award since they have never done that. The logic is ridiculous.
Yes the Red Sox won the World Series, but doesn't a team win the World Series each year? True it has been 75 years since they last won it, but I don't think the athletes should be called the athlete of the year. They haven't been playing for 75 years to accomplish that. The true people that should be awarded should be the fans that have watched the team lose for that long. I think the SI award is a joke. What Phelps and Armstrong did this year way outshine what the Red Sox did. If that is the logic I guess if the Arizona Cardinals ever make it to the NFC Championship game they should get the award since they have never done that. The logic is ridiculous.
