# 2023 SI Sportsperson of the Year **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 3, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475 "2023-07-03T00:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475/161 "2024-01-19T19:07:03Z")
Possibly relevant > **[Sports Illustrated lays off most of its staff, threatening iconic brand’s future](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs/)** > > Much of the staff of Sports Illustrated, and possibly all remaining writers and editors, received layoff notices Friday, which essentially could spell the end of a publication that for decades was the gold standard of sports journalism. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475/162 "2024-01-19T21:11:50Z")
That’s sad news, and it seems likely to be the end of an era. OTOH, SI has been a hollow shell of what it once was for years now (at least dating back to when Meredith bought it) — I used to be an avid reader of the website (and the hard-copy magazine, too), but the content and quality had really gone downhill, and I’d given up on trying to read it a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475/163 "2024-01-19T21:50:31Z")
It would have at least been symbolic if they’d have chosen NIL. The death of the amateur college athlete and the death of sports journalism all in one. That it would have been a non-person would have been even more resonant as they’ll be replaced by terrible AI and the possibly NFL-owned ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475/164 "2024-02-12T19:54:22Z")
It’s too early for a dedicated 2024 thread, but…oh, who is anybody kidding; even if Simone Biles wins six gold medals, the choice is going to be between: (a) Patrick Mahomes, and (b) Patrick Mahomes & Travis Kelce (and see if you can squeeze Kelce’s girlfriend, whatshername, Tyler something), in a desperate attempt to keep the magazine afloat ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475/165 "2024-02-12T22:47:26Z")
I don’t think it’s that much of a slam dunk. It’s an Olympic year and the first real post Covid Olympics so there’s a chance a summer Olympian or team wins it ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475/166 "2024-02-12T22:59:20Z")
Will there even be an award this year? They may be defunct in a few months. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475/167 "2024-02-13T18:04:04Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I don’t think it’s that much of a slam dunk. It’s an Olympic year and the first real post Covid Olympics so there’s a chance a summer Olympian or team wins it That’s [pretty much what I said in 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/si-sportsperson-of-the-year-2021/). The winner that year: Tom Brady. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475/168 "2024-03-11T15:51:51Z")
As I said in another thread, SI has resorted to using AI to write some of its articles for some time now. The publication is in huge trouble. But then, I think most of the old publications are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-si-sportsperson-of-the-year/986475.md?page=8)