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Originally Posted by Damien
I think the shortlist is drawn up by the BBC before it's put to the vote but I don't think inclusion on this list is dependent on the sport being on their channel. Mark Cavendish won it last year and cycling isn't on the BBC. It's on Channel 4, ITV and sometimes Sky. Phil Taylor was included in the shortlist in 2011 but came second in the public vote.
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Apparently it used to be the rule that the winner had to appear on sportsview (later to become sportsnight) but considering that show finished in the late nineties it can hardly be held against them anymore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Spo...e_Year#History