Knighthood for Jason Kenny on the cards?

As they both have at least one more games in them, I think they will hold off on the gongs until they are geting close to retire. Brad really could have walked away in 2012, it is amazing what he has acheived since. 

Second for Boardman for sport, business and road safety advocacy.

And whilst we are at it, a Knighthood for Professor Sir Brian Cox of Manchester, Cern and D:Ream, for contributions to Science, Education, Music and standing on mountains looking at stuff.

And Sir Chris Boardman stenmeister?

Can't say I am in favour of the system but if JK is up for one then surely Trotty is too. After all the number of events she can enter are fewer then her beau.

And Sir Chris Boardman stenmeister?

Can't say I am in favour of the system but if JK is up for one then surely Trotty is too. After all the number of events she can enter are fewer then her beau.

Hoy and Wiggo were pioneers, driving British Cycling as a whole and are more deserving than Kenny even though he does have a serious medal haul.

If this had been 30 or even 20 years ago, we would have had Sir Robert Millar or Sir Graeme Obree but we don't which I think shows how this is very much a feature of this age.

It's just another prop for the established order, in particular the Monarchy. Handing out honours signifies the Windsors of being worthy to do so. 

Hats off to everyone that turns them down. Total farce. Work your balls off to get a reward from the biggest scroungers in the country. No thanks.

Most countries have national medals, we will switch to that once we get rid of the heriditary rule in 2768AD. Takes us a while to catch up with the rest of the world.

I think that's probably because it's only recently that cycling and cyclists have reached that level of public adulation and glory that has been known in showbiz or say football for decades. 

That has always struck me as somewhat odd, that peerage and knighthood, ostensibly there for recognising service and contribution to the nation, has so often been showered upon people for "contributions" to business, industry and commerce, a system of capitalism ostensibly based on rational self-interest. The logical conclusion of this coupling of moral virtue and personal financial success is of course that moment when Donald Trump states with a straight face on US national television, in response to the Khans, that he has made enormous sacrifices because he is highly successful and created tens of thousands of jobs.

As an aside, I'll say that I find it amusing that the UK cycling press has been so consistent in its usage of the "sir" honorific when it comes to knighted cyclists, when British showbiz (of all things) has remained far more modest. No one says Lord Olivier or Sir Alec, everyone is referred to as given name – surname. Indeed I remember that some years back a certain actor was widely ridiculed for wishing to be addressed as "sir".

The honours system is utterly discredited esp after David 'Pig Botherer' Cameron's resignation list. If I were JK I'd politely refuse.  

Medals, fame, appreciation of the public; these are enough.

Agree with Mr Spa.  Not convinced that sportspeople (or entertainers) should be given knighthoods etc. just for doing what they do.

Jason is having a remarkable career though.

He seems a great lad, and he's done really well, but I'm not in favour of making all these sportsmen (or anyone else) Sirs. They compete for medals, and if they win them, they do very nicely out of it. That should be the end of it.

If we have to have this system, knighthoods could be reserved for unsung heroes - people who volunteer in their local communities etc - not people who already have untold amounts of fame, glory, and (perhaps) money.