The U.K. broadcaster has lost basically its entire Saturday sports team after yanking long-time presenter Gary Lineker from its football coverage
This kicked off the shitstorm;, Lineker’s suspension led to walkouts from presenters across the network’s entire Premier Leagueitself, which draws in millions of viewers every week, will go out today without either a presenter or commentator, or interviews with players or managers, and will run for just 20 minutes of un-commented-on football.
The BBC will only be able to bring limited sport programming this weekend and our schedules will be updated to reflect that. We are sorry for these changes which we recognise will be disappointing for BBC sport fans. We are working hard to resolve the situation and hope to do so soon.” Meanwhile, an online petition to have Lineker reinstated is currently sitting at 178,000 signatures and counting.
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