He's getting Knighted, too!
"Britain's Olympic heroes dominate the sporting New Year Honours list, with cyclist Chris Hoy knighted.
Team-mate Bradley Wiggins and sailing star Ben Ainslie are appointed CBEs, while double gold medal-winning swimmer Rebecca Adlington becomes an OBE.
Team GB cycling performance director Dave Brailsford is appointed CBE, as is rowing counterpart David Tanner.
Lewis Hamilton becomes an MBE after becoming Formula One's youngest world champion in only his second season." [...]
Not trying to 'diss' his achievements but the Govt seem to knight or honour anyone who wins anything in sport these days, except footy.
It started with the Rugby World Cup - even every coach got a gong of some sort. Well done to the team for winning but ffs.
Then the England cricketers won a two-horse race in their own back yard (very narrowly) after the opposition's best bowler missed some of the games due to injury. All of them got an award from the Queen. Will the same happen IF (not likely) we win again this year?
Now it's the Olympics. Won a medal? Great, have a knighthood, damehood, OBE, etc.
It used to be that honours were given out for 'services to' sport, industry, entertainment, etc. Now it seems you just win a trophy and get honoured. I appreciate all the training that they have to do, it takes dedication but that's the life they chose.
It takes as much (if not more) dedication for someone to look after a terminally ill parent or child or someone who is paraplegic, for instance. For me, they deserve more recognition than a bloke who rides a bike or runs for a living.
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