# Lets assume all sports are finished rest of 2020: Who is SI's Sportsperson of the Year? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 4, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-all-sports-are-finished-rest-of-2020-who-is-sis-sportsperson-of-the-year/851028 "2020-04-04T04:22:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-all-sports-are-finished-rest-of-2020-who-is-sis-sportsperson-of-the-year/851028/21 "2020-04-09T09:48:42Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > The premise of the OP is that there are no more sports. The only people who played any games in that scenario are NFL playoff participants (and we in theory can’t include any 2019 stuff) and the NBA and NHL playing a relatively small set of largely meaningless mid-season games, made extra meaningless since we had no playoffs or cup winner. You have a choice, re-interpret the award such that it can include the unique situation that is Kobe’s death and induction, or re-interpret the award in such a way that the bar is lowered to the point that Pat Mahomes’ very good by not transcendent 3 game playoff run qualifies. > > Arthur Ashe won it in 1992…what exactly did he accomplish that year? > > You’re being a bit dishonest here. Awarding it to Kobe would absolutely NOT be turning the award into a memorial award. His death, his age, his influence and the circumstances are singular. Comparing this to an old guy like Brown or Russell dying totally and completely misses the point. Sports Illustrated has said they won’t be a “slave to the calendar” when it comes to the NFL. Having a quarterback get the award for a super bowl win in the beginning of February is consistent with how they have awarded it to quarterbacks in the past. It’s for their entire season. Mahomes had a great season, won the Super Bowl and has all the off field accomplishments in his city that they love. Mahomes would have been a strong contender if it was a normal year with all sports going. Of course they can define it anyway they want. In 2020 Kobe died and people were sad. He didn’t accomplish anything noteworthy sports related or otherwise. They can do whatever they want but it would not be consistent with what they have done in the past. They haven’t always followed their pattern but they have most of the time. Arrhur Ashe did not accomplish anything sports related in 1992. He did found the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health in 1992. He did promote AIDS awareness probably more than anyone before him. They did deviate from the norm of it being mostly about sports accomplishments but he did accomplish much more than Kobe did during the year. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-all-sports-are-finished-rest-of-2020-who-is-sis-sportsperson-of-the-year/851028/22 "2020-04-09T11:04:15Z")
Mahomes or Sabrina Ionescu would be my guess. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-all-sports-are-finished-rest-of-2020-who-is-sis-sportsperson-of-the-year/851028/23 "2020-04-09T11:44:11Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > In that case, I have a feeling it’s going to be “Athletes Who Care II” - the ones that did the most to help their communities in the face of COVID-19. I hope it’s this. I’d nominate someone like Shin-Soo Choo, who donated money to the minor league baseball players. I know there were others who also thought about the guys coming up in their sports who hadn’t had any million-dollar years. Let’s honor them. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-all-sports-are-finished-rest-of-2020-who-is-sis-sportsperson-of-the-year/851028/24 "2020-04-09T11:58:00Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > If the assumption of the OP holds (no mmore sporting events for the rest of the year). I’d put my money on **Kobe Bryant**. Ditto! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-all-sports-are-finished-rest-of-2020-who-is-sis-sportsperson-of-the-year/851028/25 "2020-07-25T16:22:49Z")
I’m going with Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. > **[Laurent Duvernay-Tardif to opt out of 2020 season for Chiefs](https://fansided.com/2020/07/24/laurent-duvernay-tardif-opt-2020-season-chiefs/)** > > Chiefs starting right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif has made the decision to sit out the 2020 season due to COVID-19. The first NFL player has announced th... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-assume-all-sports-are-finished-rest-of-2020-who-is-sis-sportsperson-of-the-year/851028.md?page=1)