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Originally Posted by Kursk
Do you think the aim of becoming 'excellent ambassadors for Britain' even crossed their minds when they started hitting a ball with a bat/began running around in circles? I suspect they did it (and do it) for more selfish, material aims.
What next Dame bake-a-cake or Sir Gogglebox?
The system is elitist and trivial claptrap imo.
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They don't need to have had 'being ambassadors' as a motivation but they become so anyway. They receive the honours for excelling in their profession. This is the common purpose of a national honours system. France's Légion d'honneur has many sporting recipients as does America's Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The awards don't map exactly as those awards are higher than what most sports stars receive here (IIRC A Knighthood has levels within it) but still.
It's the default gongs for civil servants and friends of politicians that's the problem, not sport stars.