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(10-03-2023, 07:48 PM)Andrew Wrote: Manish Bhasin might get the call up at this rate
And some of the newer pundits who don’t have the same reputation to be able to make a stand and it not effect their career
Maybe. Sporting Pundits through are never completely reliant on reputation building like most up and coming presenters might be in terms of building a reputation through because of their first career before hand.
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(10-03-2023, 07:54 PM)m_in_m Wrote: twitter.com
Seems like Alex Scott is also a no
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(10-03-2023, 05:56 PM)IanJRedman Wrote: (10-03-2023, 05:53 PM)Newshound47 Wrote: Not as a wider issue about what people paid by the BBC have to be impartial or not.
Is he actually an employee of the BBC or technically a freelancer?
He's freelance.
Lineker says he’s freelance. The Taxman says he does so much regular work for the BBC that he is in effect an employee.
All set for a ‘juicy’ courtroom battle later in the year.
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(10-03-2023, 07:48 PM)Andrew Wrote: Manish Bhasin might get the call up at this rate
And some of the newer pundits who don’t have the same reputation to be able to make a stand and it not effect their career
Manish usually presents for Premier League Productions on Saturdays I believe so is unlikely to be available.
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(10-03-2023, 08:01 PM)Bluecortina Wrote: (10-03-2023, 05:56 PM)IanJRedman Wrote: He's freelance.
Lineker says he’s freelance. The Taxman says he does so much regular work for the BBC that he is in effect an employee.
All set for a ‘juicy’ courtroom battle later in the year.
You can be freelance but still pay tax like you an employee.
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(10-03-2023, 07:48 PM)Andrew Wrote: Manish Bhasin might get the call up at this rate
And some of the newer pundits who don’t have the same reputation to be able to make a stand and it not effect their career
Laura Kuenssberg could be a contender.
"Welcome to Saturday with Laura Kuenssberg. Different day but same old S**** we discuss on a Sunday morning."
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This is Jeremy Clarkson / James May / Richard Hammond take 2.
Bye bye Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Ian Wright and all BBC Football. Hello ITV Football.
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Do Gavin Grey or Chris Rogers know anything about football?
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(10-03-2023, 08:09 PM)JasonB Wrote: (10-03-2023, 07:48 PM)Andrew Wrote: Manish Bhasin might get the call up at this rate
And some of the newer pundits who don’t have the same reputation to be able to make a stand and it not effect their career
Laura Kuenssberg could be a contender.
"Welcome to Saturday with Laura Kuenssberg. Different day but same old S**** we discuss on a Sunday morning."
I could imagine the Sunday with LK titles suddenly becoming a lot more dynamic if they swapped out the LK theme for the MOTD music
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(10-03-2023, 08:13 PM)qwerty123 Wrote: Do Gavin Grey or Chris Rogers know anything about football?
Don't know, but I hear D'Oiley Osman is quite the football fanatic.