Kevin Sinfield should have been knighted in New Year's Honours - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Malcolm Pithers, Sandal, Wakefield.
Each year the New Year's Honours list continues to surprise, please and in equal measure annoy. The ritual rewarding of honours to 'celebrities,' highly paid television presenters, fashion 'icons,' business chiefs for merely doing what they are paid to do - as well as political party donors always demeans the awards system.
One shameful glaring omission from this Year's awards is the name of Kevin Sinfield, a man truly worthy of honouring.
The outstanding effort Kevin has put in to raise much needed funding for the MND (motor neuron disease) after the sad loss of the Rugby League legend Rob Burrow, to the disease is surely worthy of a Knighthood, way above those who have been duly awarded the honour.
No disrespect to those who have been honoured but it cannot be right that true grit of people like Kevin Sinfield is not equally recognised.
I therefore suggest that in future anyone who has the honour of meeting Kevin address him as Sir. A people's reward. Far more important.