The BBC is facing a full-on sports mutiny after pulling host for political comments
The U.K. broadcaster has lost basically its entire Saturday sports team after yanking long-time presenter Gary Lineker from its football coverage

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The BBC has been forced to issue an apology today to viewers, after the decision to pull its highest-paid sports commentator from the air due to political comments on social media led to an unprecedented outcome: Pretty much its entire football coverage team bailing on their Saturday broadcasts, leaving the national broadcaster in free-fall. We’ve honestly never seen anything quite like it in broadcast sports, which tends to be a pretty straightforward “Put the games on television, let the commentators talk, collect the ratings” business: An entire day of TV coverage collapsing over an impromptu walk-out by talent.