Submitted on Monday 9th January 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Director General of the BBC to be sacked
We the undersigned call for the director general of the BBC to be sacked for spending hundreds of millions of our pounds moving the sports department to Salford while at the same time overseeing the reduction of sports coverage on BBC television to practically nothing.
BDO Darts coverage now split with ESPN (ESPN showing the lion's share)
The Football League show due to be dropped with live football league matches already axed.
Formula One coverage being split with Sky which also prevented Channel 4 from gaining coverage. (Though not laying off any of the presenting team)
No cricket (not even highlights) on the BBC for many years.
Horse racing coverage reduced.
Highlight programmes for darts, football, American Football, snooker etc being showing very late at night or in the early hours of the morning.
Many licence payers are fans of sport & they are not being represented. We demand that those which have allowed this to happen no longer take our money for their wages.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a matter for the BBC.
It is a long-standing principle that the Government does not interfere in programme matters, either on arrangements for scheduling or on content. It is important to maintain the principle of freedom of expression which political interference could undermine.
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