From: james.m.gibson@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, December 1, 2023 at 10:39:49 AM UTC-5, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
   > > But my short list is Max Verstappen. 19 of the 22 F1 races this year, he   
   wins.   
   > Like I said, Verstappen didn't meet the "unwritten rules" for the award -   
   and if they didn't exist, I am convinced it would have gone to Lionel Messi,   
   especially now that he is in MLS. Then again, since Verstappen won the F1 race   
   in Vegas, he could    
   have gotten it as part of that Vegas "team award" I mentioned.    
   >    
   > A more recent example: when Affirmed won the Triple Crown, Steve Cauthen was   
   SOTY. When American Pharoah did, not only was his jockey not even considered,   
   even though he had won two of the tree Triple Crown races the previous year,   
   but SI's "short list"   
    included the horse.   
   > > One of the ramifications of this award is that no one (not even Mahomes or   
   the Rangers) sufficiently had achievement to merit this award, nor even a   
   Lifetime Achievement Award like the year Favre won it.   
   > They don't like giving it to one-offs. Sanders has the advantage of already   
   being a "name" - I'm pretty sure he has at least one Super Bowl ring (didn't   
   he win one with the 49ers?).    
      
   One with the 49ers and one with the Cowboys.  I suppose the one-offs is why   
   Nikola Jokic wouldn't been a strong candidate?  If they wanted to go college   
   football coach, what about Kirby Smart?   
      
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