Gary Lineker/BBC Asylum Controversy

(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  Big Grin
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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.  Tongue
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