Anyone else getting sniffs of a plan for a special Olympics honours list ?
Normally, gongs come in the next available slot - New Year or Birthday honours. After Beijing in 2008, every Olympic gold medallist ended up with an honour ranging from an MBE to a knighthood, though 17 of the 35 Paralympic champions got nothing at all. Just before London 2012, there were hints from Team Cameron that there would be no automatic honours this time - some vague concept of "giving back" would also have to be met.
Now apparently there is momentum behind a plan for a one-off set of honours, which may well be "automatic" - though what you give Sir Chris Hoy is clearly now problematic.
The BBC will probably seek some letters after their names for Roger Mosey and Dave Gordon; I reckon Clare Balding will have to wait until the next Birthday Honours.
Meanwhile I rather hope somebody at the BBC has a quick think about the shape of this year's Sports Personality of the Year award. Many think it would be demeaning to Team GB to choose between Mo, Jessica, Ben, Sir Chris, etc - and that creating a short-list of 10 would be just as invidious. Why not, for this one special year, just have a Sports Review of the Year (and party) without awards - ideally in an Olympic venue ?
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