Why? He argues that other people shouldn't get awards, but he's willing to take them himself? Honestly, I don't get it. His stance does real harm to young theorists, especially those doing cross-disciplinary research.

But I think this is a minor issue, and don't want to take away from the bigger point, which is the award that he very much deserves.

Disliking a system and even publicly arguing against it, while still participating in it, is not hypocrisy, it is pragmatism.

It would be hypocrisy if he started giving out his own award.