Mark Lawrenson is in the press stating that the reason the reason why the BBC are getting rid of him is because he is male, white & 65.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...d-a-white-male

Maybe the reason why he is dropped is because he is a useless co-commentator and pundit, who does not add anything new to the debate, is full of cliches and has been out of the game for too long.