Snooker Knights

[Bazile]

Why is there a distinct lack of Knights in Snooker compared to other sports ?

Afterall there are players with multiple world championships to their names , in snooker
( Don't turn this into a debate as to whether snooker is a sport , or not )

Why is Cyclists Rowers , for example, more deserving ?

[sapelesam]

My opinion, snookers lack of popularity. I remember when we stayed up 'til the wee small hours to watch the greats.

[sapelesam]

My father always said the definition of a sport was, if you have to change your shoes, it's a sport. As Ronnie O'Sullivan was forced to change out of trainers last week, I'm now totally confused.

[douglas9401]

There will be one eventually but they're in the cue.

[albaqwerty]

groan, Doug :-)

Maybe them who suggest names for Honours are of the Billiard Brigade?

[dannyk13]

In the old days it was said that being a good snooker player was a sign of a misspent youth.

[bednobs]

snooker is a sport, but it's a minority one

[bednobs]

also, why dont women competer against men in snooker (or darts)?

[-Talbot-]

The truthful answer to that is ... because they are not good enough.

[albaqwerty]

the mere thought of watching a televised match - man v woman, whether it be darts or snooker is enough to put me to sleep.

[Fanriffic]

The honours systems has gone to pot. Being Knighted no longer has the same prestige it used to have because they dish them out like sweeties to Z-List celebrities for doing hee-haw.
Having said that, snooker players like Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis should be Knighted for their achievements in the game of snooker. I think the problem lies with WPBSA not putting their players' name forward for consideration and needs to raise it's profile.

[Buenchico]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned that sports players who get knighted are usually those who've represented their country in their chosen sports or, at least, where them having won a world championship has led to a feeling of national pride.

See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sporting_knights_and_dames
Most of the people listed in that link (or in the pages which are linked to from there) have represented the UK, Great Britain or one of the UK's constituent nations. Those that haven't (such as Sterling Moss) have probably given the nation a 'proud to be British' feeling through their achievements.

However snooker doesn't have national teams and for much of its history has been dominated by British players (so people weren't surprised or particularly proud when a Brit won the world title).

Much the same could be said of sports such as bowls, where stars such as David Bryant are admitted to the Order of the British Empire (with Bryant initially becoming an MBE and later a CBE) but not knighted. (It does seem odd though that Steve Davies was only awarded the OBE, given his achievements).

[Bazile]

So that Rules Lewis Hamilton out, then

[melv16]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/41732548
Probably the reason that snooker players don't get gongs!

[Bazile]

This is interesting -

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/870134/Lewis-Hamilton-knighted-Sir