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The Athletic is reporting that the BBC doesn't have the rights to the Premier League's Global commentary feed...

Those of you who wanted to have just the match footage to watch, may actually get your wish!
 

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Kingston Bee said:
If he does not work for the BBC how can they take him off the air?
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He is freelance and it is their show that he presents for them.
They can easily say we don't want you to do Saturday which is what they have done and the other freelance presenters have decided to stay away too.
Gary Lineker will be employed elsewhere if he wants to and it will be their loss not his.
I wish him all the best.
 

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horshambees said:
He is freelance and it is their show that he presents for them.
They can easily say we don't want you to do Saturday which is what they have done and the other freelance presenters have decided to stay away too.
Gary Lineker will be employed elsewhere if he wants to and it will be their loss not his.
I wish him all the best.
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There’s a little problem though there’s a contract.
As far as most reasonable people would see, the BBC have chosen for spurious reasons to stop him performing the programme he was contracted to.
It would seem that the breach is theirs and I don’t see Gary saying ok guys don’t worry about the dosh.
Fancy seeing your license money paying their legal fees?
 

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Kingston Bee said:
On the other side of the fence Lineker did sign a contract when he went to work for the BBC, he would have known all about the Ts & Cs. Also its also very easy to say he should keep to his morals, very easy when you have his money and won't be out of a job too long if he leaves the BBC. Not saying I don't agree with him but, there is always another side to these things.
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It's informative to read BBC responses to complaints above other contractors.

Chris Packham

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horshambees said:
He is freelance and it is their show that he presents for them.
They can easily say we don't want you to do Saturday which is what they have done and the other freelance presenters have decided to stay away too.
Gary Lineker will be employed elsewhere if he wants to and it will be their loss not his.
I wish him all the best.
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Agree, so basically man breeches contractual part of job gets suspended. Fair enough.
 

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BURFORD BEE said:
There’s a little problem though there’s a contract.
As far as most reasonable people would see, the BBC have chosen for spurious reasons to stop him performing the programme he was contracted to.
It would seem that the breach is theirs and I don’t see Gary saying ok guys don’t worry about the dosh.
Fancy seeing your license money paying their legal fees
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We’re already paying my MP’s legal fees, it’s only money ?
 

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BURFORD BEE said:
There’s a little problem though there’s a contract.
As far as most reasonable people would see, the BBC have chosen for spurious reasons to stop him performing the programme he was contracted to.
It would seem that the breach is theirs and I don’t see Gary saying ok guys don’t worry about the dosh.
Fancy seeing your license money paying their legal fees?
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They spend the money as they wish regardless of my opinion wether on salary or legal fees.
I have no say in the matter,but I can back the man that they have stood down.
 

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Kingston Bee said:
Agree, so basically man breeches contractual part of job gets suspended. Fair enough.
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What is in his contract?
What is he allowed to do or say and what isn't he allowed to do or say?

Or have the right wing press decided to pressure the BBC over this and the Daily mail are outraged at his comments.

A paper that once supported Nazi Germany.
 

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horshambees said:
What is in his contract?
What is he allowed to do or say and what isn't he allowed to do or say?

Or have the right wing press decided to pressure the BBC over this and the Daily mail are outraged at his comments.

A paper that once supported Nazi Germany.
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And the BUF 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts' (Daily Mail)
 

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.....this is what the top brass at the Beeb and their overlords really think of football..... actually quite frightening.
 

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BURFORD BEE said:
There’s a little problem though there’s a contract.
As far as most reasonable people would see, the BBC have chosen for spurious reasons to stop him performing the programme he was contracted to.
It would seem that the breach is theirs and I don’t see Gary saying ok guys don’t worry about the dosh.
Fancy seeing your license money paying their legal fees?
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There will be more than one contract involved. There will be, at the very least, a contract between the BBC and an intermediary (likely a business) and another between that intermediary and Gary Linekar.
 

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They can't even have someone saying: "and next...."

The BBC has lost this. Expect the Chair and DG to go within 48 hours and we are all back to normal next weekend.

If they don't go then it will be an interesting PM Question Time on Wednesday where the PM will basically say WTF are the BBC doing
 

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Banana said:
They can't even have someone saying: "and next...."

The BBC has lost this. Expect the Chair and DG to go within 48 hours and we are all back to normal next weekend.

If they don't go then it will be an interesting PM Question Time on Wednesday where the PM will basically say WTF are the BBC doing
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I wouldn’t expect Sharp to go over this, though he may still go over the Johnson loan. This is Davie’s error and he’ll likely be the fall guy, especially as it may distract from the pressure on Sharp.
 

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The beginning of the end for at least one of the DG or Chairman

Perhaps they can get in Alan Sugar to decide which of "at least one" will be fired?

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....MOTD is a national institution...it belongs to the people who pay their TV licence....if it doesn't come back....stop paying....I certainly will.....how dare these bastards act not in my name.
 

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Tim Davie now realising he didn’t read the room at all and looking out of his depth. In the social media age it seems strange to think you can gag people/deny them the freedom to express their opinion. But at the same time Lineker must know that, rightly or wrongly, being a leading face on the BBC comes with a different set of conditions. Ultimately MOTD isn’t/shouldn’t be about Lineker or the pundits - Shearer rarely says anything insightful that most football fans can’t see for themselves, he’s just annoyingly smug when Newcastle win (and MOTD2 is worse - shorter highlights and endless talk and ‘analysis’). But MOTD should never disappear from terrestrial TV - football is for all of us, not just those who can pay for the privilege of highlights on Sky/BT.
 

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BS7Bee said:
I don't get why they didn't even do the title music sequence.
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I was wondering about that too. Pure speculation on my behalf, but I was wondering what the position of the video editors would be. Without them, no programme. Maybe it needed to be made clear this was not an MOTD programme in any sense, but the logo in the top left of screen made it clear it was a BBC edit.
 

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This whole thing has been a depressing indictment on broader issues in the country but what a nice way to line up all the YouTube highlights in a 20 minute package…
 
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