Fury shouldn't have even been on the list, 1 fight in the year against a guy he'd already proven he could beat.
Raducanu had a great year, that's impossible to deny but, for me, a big part of er achievements was that she came from nothing at the start of the season to being a major part of the tour now. That's fantastic but it's also exactly the sort of trajectory that the young spoty trophy exists to reward.
Fundamentally the media have created a situation where a handful of sports are held at a higher level than anything else and if someone does well in those they get awards, the only chance for people from other sports to win is the years where everyone else is shit and that means some truly fantastic competitors have missed out of the last few years, Peaty being the most recent. Maybe if we had a 2 week swimming gala every summer that took over the BBC output and was celebrated as the most British thing ever swimmers might stand a chance.
