BBC pay reveal

[urban genie]

Evans has been creditted for admitting he is paid too much, Lineker on the other hand has made a misjudgement in trying to be flippant about it, and a lack of humility.

Now as it's a broadcaster most will say it's different but basically the bbc are a public sector company and so to be paying these salary rates while other publuc sector jobs have seen pay cuts and freezes understandably has upset some.

Also in the public sector equal pay is expected nowadays so the difference in male/female salaries and what they do about it is gonna be the real story long term.

 

[BigBluey]

Geez these salaries- makes my pension for 41 years serving Queen and country A tad ridiculous. I should of gone for a career as a football critic sat on my arse all day watching footie and then spouting the bleeding obvious.

 

[Gabriel]

Geez these salaries- makes my pension for 41 years serving Queen and country A tad ridiculous. I should of gone for a career as a football critic sat on my arse all day watching footie and then spouting the bleeding obvious.

I really think you've overestimated how long they devote to honing their craft. :-)

It's painfully obvious when listening to them on MOTD that they've done precious little preparation.

 

[BigBluey]

I really think you've overestimated how long they devote to honing their craft. :-)

It's painfully obvious when listening to them on MOTD that they've done precious little preparation.

Your right Gabriel. If you add the combined salaries of Lineker, Shearer and whatever other muppet they drag in on MOTD to discuss the matches it must add up to over 2 million quid!!
All that to talk absolute bollox

 

[Gabriel]

Your right Gabriel. If you add the combined salaries of Lineker, Shearer and whatever other muppet they drag in on MOTD to discuss the matches it must add up to over 2 million quid!!
All that to talk absolute bollox

Worth every penny, BB. :-)

One of the truly galling things is when you hear one wistfully moaning about how "the money involved in the game is just crazy nowadays." And the others all nod in agreement.

Puts me right off my bedtime cocoa.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Evans has been creditted for admitting he is paid too much, Lineker on the other hand has made a misjudgement in trying to be flippant about it, and a lack of humility.

Now as it's a broadcaster most will say it's different but basically the bbc are a public sector company and so to be paying these salary rates while other publuc sector jobs have seen pay cuts and freezes understandably has upset some.

Also in the public sector equal pay is expected nowadays so the difference in male/female salaries and what they do about it is gonna be the real story long term.

And Evans has charisma. Lineker has about as much as a dead slug.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The focus is now being shifted from the grossly overpaid male presenters to the grossly overpaid female presenters with the notion that 'gender' is the real issue here and not the eye-watering amounts of money being paid for what the STARS(!) deliver.

Matt Baker? Half a million quid? Do me a favour! How on earth does Winkelman become the highest paid female presenter? The BBC are the epitome of a public institution that pisses money up the wall, and when the public come calling for some say in how the money is spent the same institution tells us that they have to be careful with public money - whilst same said money is spewing out of a fountain into quite 'ordinary' people's bank accounts.

I like listening to Chris Evans on R2 but £2.2? He knows he's overpaid, has said so, and I suspect is more than willing to take a pay cut. Even a 50% pay cut I would still regard as overpaid.

The queue of people who could 'do' Lineker's job would stretch from St James's to St. Mary's!

 

[grunge]

 

[BimboBob]

Having loads of channels is one thing, having the output to fill them is another.

 

[che_don_john]

Evans has been credited for admitting he is paid too much, Lineker on the other hand has made a misjudgement in trying to be flippant about it, and a lack of humility.

I think it's a little easier for Evans to say that as he could lose a big chunk of his BBC income and still be very, very well off. He gets paid even more than was disclosed as he is also on BBC Worldwide payroll, which operates as a commercial entity and therefore wasn't subject to this pay reveal. He also owns a production company that gets a hell of a lot of work out of the BBC and thus he receives a nice huge wad through that.

It's all very well the likes of him and John Humphreys saying "I'm paid to much", but will they now take a pay cut?

For the record, I don't think they should have to because, as I've stated before, I think the BBC should pay big wages to talent in order to compete with other channels - they might be a public service broadcaster but they still operate in a marketplace. But I'd like to see these apparently noble presenters put their money where their mouth is, if you excuse the pun!

As for the issue of the gender pay gap, I get the feeling that this has just become another stick with which to beat the BBC, and those holding the stick haven't really looked at it objectively or taken in context. People were mocking Dan Walker because he earns more than Louise Minchin, forgetting that he has three jobs at the BBC against her one. Tess Daly earns as much as Simon Mayo: he has a regular radio show and also does numerous events and specials with Mark Kermode, whereas she works for 10 weekends at the end of the year and does Children In Need for one night per year. Gary Linker might be earning more than female sports presenters, but then he is presenting what is by far the most popular and lucrative sport in England, and is very qualified to do so.

I'm not saying there isn't a disparity and unfairness between the genders in some or even many cases, but it's nowhere near as bad as the Dacre and Murdoch media is making out (and we all know what their motives are). Piers Morgan can mock and scream from his soapbox all he likes, but until we see his payslip alongside Susanna Reid's then he should probably shut up (if only he was bright enough to).