The Sport Thread

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Any figure for the BBC2 slot - quite surprised they felt the need for it if they got the trophy presentation in on BBC1.
 

Clearing out the old guard then but frankly long overdue.

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Presumably the same feed used for both broadcasters nowadays but back in the 70s/80s did the BBC and ITV use the same match footage fir the FA Cup Final?

BBC having quite a clearout in Sport across the board 
* John Inverdale, Jeremy Guscott or Brian Moore finished on the 6 Nations (Jonathan Davies overdue to be shown the door too)
* Garth Crooks & Mark Lawrenson also away from BBC football coverage
* John Virgo & Dennis Taylor due to leave Snooker coverage in 2023

Dare I say budget cuts partly due to the licence fee freeze may be a factor. I imagine that some of these long serving individuals may be a lot more expensive than employing newer equivalents.

Probably more due to loss of rights due to cuts than salaries in the case of the rugby - even though John Inverdale was their main Six Nations presenter I suspect Gabby was preferred moving forward, especially as she's a regular across BBC Sport across the year on other things more so than John.

Inverdale accepted a position with the Rugby Football Union, which obviously would have come into conflict with his presentation role.  

The fact that BBC will show only one live England men's Six Nations game annually meant that it was time to dispense with Jeremy Guscott, while Brian Moore moved to co-commentate on the Women's Six Nations matches, which are wholly live on the BBC.