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<blockquote data-quote="Seaton" data-source="post: 472630" data-attributes="member: 64443"><p>Aye, should sports people be Knighted he definitely deserves one.</p><p></p><p>Just think there is not enough distinction between people who spend their entire lives doing charity work, improving the lives of desperate people and saving lives with those awarded knight-hoods for things like sport. Not that the former people would care if they weren't awarded (and I am not saying sporting people would complain if they didn't get one)</p><p></p><p>You know, the kind of in 200 years a person is having a look through some meuseum, there is a list of all the people whom have been knighted in New Zealand, and there is Sir Graham Henry, lead the All Blacks to *insert achievements* and helped develop New Zealand rugby, below that is Jane Smith who left NZ at the end of school to do charity work saving lives and stuff with the Red Cross in South-East Asia for 50 years before succumbing to a local disease.</p><p></p><p>Ona slightly relevant note, Chris Paterson notes his surprise at being awarded an MBE <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/16364925.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/16364925.stm</a></p><p></p><p>As I said, well done to Graham... Sir Graham that is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seaton, post: 472630, member: 64443"] Aye, should sports people be Knighted he definitely deserves one. Just think there is not enough distinction between people who spend their entire lives doing charity work, improving the lives of desperate people and saving lives with those awarded knight-hoods for things like sport. Not that the former people would care if they weren't awarded (and I am not saying sporting people would complain if they didn't get one) You know, the kind of in 200 years a person is having a look through some meuseum, there is a list of all the people whom have been knighted in New Zealand, and there is Sir Graham Henry, lead the All Blacks to *insert achievements* and helped develop New Zealand rugby, below that is Jane Smith who left NZ at the end of school to do charity work saving lives and stuff with the Red Cross in South-East Asia for 50 years before succumbing to a local disease. Ona slightly relevant note, Chris Paterson notes his surprise at being awarded an MBE [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/16364925.stm[/url] As I said, well done to Graham... Sir Graham that is. [/QUOTE]
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