Rejected petition Instruct the BBC to include Nigel Owens as a candidate for SPOTY.

Sports Personality of the Year is routinely won by a sporting robot whose acceptance speech is dull beyond belief.
Referees are sports personalities and Nigel Owens in particular both the top rugby referee in the world and a highly amusing bloke.

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Date submitted 6 March 2017
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