Sir Andy Murray?

[hopless500]

so for doing his paid job for 2 weeks he gets a medal ...... no way

recognition yes knighthood no

I think you'll find he plays more than two weeks a year

 

[hopless500]

I think he deserves one but wait until he retires. Being a knight must be very grand for a sportsman. It must emphasize a barrier between himself and his team mates and rivals. Give him the next one down for now, OBE isn't it?

he's already got that, hasn't he?

 

[Dayvo]

Not sure if Mr Salmond wants a 'hierarchy' in The People's Republic of Scotland.

 

[Ningishzidda]

You bat a ball over a net for a few hours and a campaign starts for you to receive a knighthood.
You spend most of your career being a Paramedic rushing people to A&E and what happens? The local Health Authority close the ambulance depot and you get compulsory redundancy.

 

[snapper_37]

You bat a ball over a net for a few hours

Yeah, it looked like a piece of piss to me too.

 

[Inertia]

NO sports person should get them. Keep them for people that make a difference to peoples lives, and by that I mean a real life changing difference, there are plenty of trauma surgeons, doctors, nurses, charity workers etc etc that are far more deserving. They give them away far to willy nilly if you ask me.

Those people are more deserving in many ways but if we gave them out to every trauma surgeons, doctors, nurses, charity workers they would become commonplace.
I agree that knighthoods can be given out to people who I wouldn't deem worthy, mentioning no names but in fairness to Murray he has won one of the hardest to win tournaments in the world; something that hasn't been achieved by another man for 77 years apparently so that seems pretty outstanding to me.

 

[Cyclopathic]

What on earth is the point of getting a knighthood at all if you don't even get to have a sword? If I ever get knighted (and I fully expect that I will) I will make it a condition of my award that I get to carry a great big eff off sword.

 

[Cyclopathic]

Yeah, it looked like a piece of **** to me too.

Exactly. Have you ever felt a tennis ball? They're really very light and it takes virtually no strength at all to hit it as far as the other end of a tennis court. I fail to see the acheivement. I could easily win W'don if I wanted to, but I don't.

 

[hopless500]

You bat a ball over a net for a few hours & Yeah, it looked like a piece of **** to me too.​

Maybe I'm missing something here, but if you don't like it, why on earth bl@@dy watch it and then complain?

 

[jayonabike]

A sir? Really? For hitting a ball over a net better than someone else? FFS.

 

[Yellow Fang]

A sir? Really? For hitting a ball over a net better than someone else? FFS.

Why not, actors get them? Ageing rock stars get them.

 

[Yellow Fang]

he's already got that, hasn't he?

It seems so.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

How about some Green Shield Stamps and an M & S voucher?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 2540544, member: 259"]Do they have M&S north of the border? [/quote]


Does he ever go north of the border any more?

 

[surfdude]

he did it for the love of the sport and being the best in the world not a knighthood , what about the millions he is going to get from this win , that should be a big enough reward . and to the people who say its only 2 weeks work why not take tennis up and make yourself millions by beating him next year . got to add i am not a fan of this scot but respect is due for the very hard work he has done to earn this win . no knighthood for anyone as out dated now .