Lineker dropped from Match of the Day

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Re: Lineker dropped from Match of the Day

Tell em to piss off Gary , speak your mind

Ian Wright has stepped away from Saturday nights show in support of Lineker

Maybe they could present The Football League Show ?

[logic]

Re: Pathetic BBC

I was going to include that in my post aswell. The BBCs contract is with Linekers company from which he get his money. HMRC are claiming he should be treated as an employee.

Given he's got a director in his ear, hard to argue against direction of control. Any substitution clause would be a joke too.

[IanD]

Re: Pathetic BBC

I was going to include that in my post aswell. The BBCs contract is with Linekers company from which he get his money. HMRC are claiming he should be treated as an employee.

The company being registered in one of Cayman/Panama/Jersey at a guess. Same arrangement with Fiona Bruce (for example) Never worked (directly) for the BBC.

[Doucas]

Re: Pathetic BBC

A football presenter tweeting about cruelty towards asylum seekers is not the same as a news programme portraying a politician who genuinely wanted to make things better as a communist.

Ignore this, meant to post it in the thread on the alternative forum.

[Doucas]

Re: A bonkers country.

Well impartiality is built into the BBC. Look what happens when they briefly did a Corbyn montage several years ago on Newsnight - people lost their shit and still mention it years later. Well, that's why the BBC needs to be impartial.

Now, I don't think he should have been sacked, but that's clearly how the BBC have interpreted it.

Hopefully the perpetually offended will spend less time calling for everyone to be sacked all the time in future..now that would be good

A football presenter tweeting about cruelty towards asylum seekers is not the same as a news programme portraying a politician who genuinely wanted to make things better as a communist.

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: Pathetic BBC

he has his walker crisps millions to fall back on.

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: Lineker dropped from Match of the Day

Tell em to piss off Gary , speak your mind

Ian Wright has stepped away from Saturday nights show in support of Lineker

Maybe they could present The Football League Show ?

or a league of their own

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Re: Pathetic BBC

The BBC I think does a pretty good job on the whole of being middle ground and impartial

I thought corbyn was an idiot but he got a battering

It's good that Lineker has spoken out and good that the Tories are on the back foot again

I am sure he won't mind being sacrificed at the altar and he can afford it

[The Bloop]

Re: Pathetic BBC

I was going to include that in my post aswell. The BBCs contract is with Linekers company from which he get his money. HMRC are claiming he should be treated as an employee.

The company being registered in one of Cayman/Panama/Jersey at a guess. Same arrangement with Fiona Bruce (for example) Never worked (directly) for the BBC.

It's a uk registered partnership he set up with his ex wife.
HMRC tried a similar claim against Lorraine Kelly. ITV contracted her company to present the Lorraine programme. Her argument was that when presenting the programme she wasn't Lorraine Kelly the person, but Lorraine Kelly the TV character. Despite LK the character being the Director of LK the company, presenting a programme called Lorraine, she won.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

Re: Lineker dropped from Match of the Day

Perhaps they'll find out that people just want to watch the highlights and not the tedious drivel in between.

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Re: Pathetic BBC

It's a uk registered partnership he set up with his ex wife.
HMRC tried a similar claim against Lorraine Kelly. ITV contracted her company to present the Lorraine programme. Her argument was that when presenting the programme she wasn't Lorraine Kelly the person, but Lorraine Kelly the TV character. Despite LK the character being the Director of LK the company, presenting a programme called Lorraine, she won.

This is purely to make more dollar ?

[Michael Morris]

Re: Lineker dropped from Match of the Day

Another thread went up about this while I was typing mine so I guess Mike will merge them anyway

Threads merged and it's a valid thread for the main board.

[Heathblue]

Re: Lineker dropped from Match of the Day

It's time for some fresh blood to spruce up the show, I think he's been a good presenter during his spell, it maybe only be temporary but IMO a makeover would be for the best.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Re: Lineker dropped from Match of the Day

Neither Wright or Shearer appearing tomorrow now.

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Re: Lineker dropped from Match of the Day

Neither Wright or Shearer appearing tomorrow now.

Everyone out !