Serena wins SI Sportsperson of the Year; horsepeople mad

[dianecourt]

Awesome for Miss Serena!

deadspin.com/the-horse-people-are-mad-online-1747897342

Beware the comments at Deadspin...there are some My Little Pony shenanigans you can't unsee.

[shostakovich]

Waitwaitwait - these people are upset because SI selected a human for their sportsPERSON of the year, instead of a horse?

Come on, humanity - we have to at least try.

[callmehales]

somewhere, this little guy is just mad he got overlooked....AGAIN.

[cleo29]

Perhaps they mean the jockey? That is odd. I think it would have been cool to do a mention of the horse.

[y4m]

The horse thing is dumb, but I'm not a big fan of the pose they went with or the Photoshopping.

[Amy]

I'm a horse person and this is dumb - AP gives no fucks about winning this

[shostakovich]

What if American Pharaoh does care though?  What if he's like,

"Yo, what the FUCK Sports Illustrated?!?"

[toepick]

I am in the horse capital of the world and nobody I know has been complaining. Secretariat didn't win, Seattle Slew didn't win. The horse is not a person. I am unhappy about how sexified Serena is on the cover. Why can't she just be her regular badass self?

[toepick]

Here is American Pharoah's response: www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/12/14/10105204/american-pharoah-serena-williams-sports-illustrated-snub-fadsjakfsdjnadfsjsafsdnopieoi

[sproctopus]

Dec 14, 2015 14:08:21 GMT -5 y4m said:

The horse thing is dumb, but I'm not a big fan of the pose they went with or the Photoshopping.

Agreed. Serena is dope enough without having to conform to sexual norms.