O/T. Gary Lineker.

[TIL 1010 4,722]

Blimey paid £1.8 million by the BBC of taxpayers money to basically present MOTD and Sports Personality Of The Year. Second highest earner behind Chris Evans FFS !I like Gary but honestly the world has gone mad.

[Nuff Said 5,089]

Do you not think he could swan off any time he likes to Sky or BT for a much bigger pay day?

That was Michael Grade''s biggest issue when interviewed this morning with the latest transparent attempt to weaken the BBC by the Tories (that last bit is my opinion, not his).

[Midlands Yellow 3,941]

35k a week for presenting , probably the best contract he has ever had . Puts some high earners at City in a better light for value for money .

[nu_matik 167]

Considering the amount utter dross excuse for footballers get paid per qwek these days, I dont think 35k per week regardless off effort is out of order for Gary ''Spurs, Barcelona,England and Beyond'' Lineker.

[Coq au vin 0]

Be honest, who cares? He''s a celebrity face. I''d be concerned with what interest rate my current account allows for.

[peateabee 0]

The stupid thing is that nobody watches Match of the Day for Gary Lineker, they watch it for the football highlights (or the live game) - he adds hardly any value at all. Just get rid of him and to be honest you could probably get rid of the pundits too most of time - just show the football! Bet the audience figures wouldn''t go down much if at all.

[Crabbycanary3 994]

He comes across as a nice bloke. He also comes across as a totally wooden presenter. The money is obscene in football, so his wages are not really a surprise, but it doesn''t take away the fact, that his are disgusting.

Btw, he is not the mug for taking the money, it is the muppets, who pay him.

[nutty nigel 7,509]

It is crazy. But maybe the BBC should sell to someone who could better afford to pay him more....

[lake district canary 4,531]

So he presents Match of the Day.  Wow.  Is the BBC that insecure about the programme they feel they have to pay out that much for a nice bloke to present it?   Sue Barker is a far more consumate sports presenter and is on the box far more than Mr Lineker and gets a fraction of what he does. 

[nutty nigel 7,509]

On a bog cleaner''s wage I feel her pain Lakey....

[lake district canary 4,531]

Indeed......I wonder how much bog cleaners get at the beeb......

[Jools 584]

Linekar on this kind of money will have Jimmy Hill spinning in his grave and wherever the latter is buried will now resemble a construction site considering his chin.

[GJP 79]

He''s a good presenter. A very good presenter, infact.

[Jools 584]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]It is crazy. But maybe the BBC should sell to someone who could better afford to pay him more....[/quote]The BBC should be subscription and the license fee dropped, Nigel.

[BroadstairsR 2,138]

Surely any Tom, Dick or Gary could present that programme just as competently?

He''s not bad at all at it but the programme is about football and surely we''re awash with es-pros with equal "insight," if you can call it that.

I watch it for the football on show not because Lineker presents it, boxer shorts or not.

The good news is that a lot of it is deducted for tax so the tax payers get some back.

If the Socialists ever get in then Gary''s (and the rest''s) pips would squeak no doubt and we might have a Healyesque Television Presenter drain (all the brains having already left.)

He would need to brush up on his Mandarin but, that apart, reporting on Shanghai United should be a piece of rice cake for our Gally.

[Herman 9,717]

Best broadcaster in the world. You''ll miss it when it''s gone.

[Van wink 2,994]

I like crisps so I like Gary.

Cool and expert at his job, you pay the market rate, that''s how the world goes round.

[Jim Smith 2,314]

[quote user="Nuff Said"]Do you not think he could swan off any time he likes to Sky or BT for a much bigger pay day?

That was Michael Grade''s biggest issue when interviewed this morning with the latest transparent attempt to weaken the BBC by the Tories (that last bit is my opinion, not his).[/quote]

So what if he did? Would anyone not watch match of the day? It''s not his fault but his pay is an utter disgrace.

[Fuzzar 1,702]

Doesn''t seem right does it? He''s on nearly as much as Naismith - one of the country''s best footballers at the very acme of his profession.

Load of Horlicks. Who''s going to be the first to ask is he really with more than X number of firefighters, nurses..

[Yellowbeagle 0]

It''s up to the BBC how they spend the money, however it should also be up to me whether i subscribe to them, not this antiquated TV license nonsense.

[Yellow Wal 314]

If he was still playing football in his prime he would ''earn'' that in a couple of months!

[SwindonCanary 455]

All these TV people picking up good money from the BBC would earn a lot more if the went to the good old USA

[BroadstairsR 2,138]

"It''s up to the BBC how they spend the money, however it should also be up to me whether i subscribe to them, not this antiquated TV license nonsense."

For less than a pint of beer a week we get arguably the best television service in the World. I''ve travelled a lot over the years and have yet to come across any broadcasting institution equal in quality and stature.

Sometimes I glean that it is foreigners who have more respect for the service than many do at home.

The licence fee situation needs some reform admittedly with multi-television houses, lap top viewing and all the other aspects of transmission and reception available today.

Even so as a "subscription" it is by far the best value around.

I would never want the Beeb to have to rely on advertisements to survive.

[ZLF 271]

celebrities get paid vast amounts of money shocker. In a world where a champs player can be paid more being one of the best tv presenters working on one of the companys flagship programs suggests he will be at the top end of the payscale.

Film stars, actors, reality tv stars, sportsmen all earn dystopian sums, divorced from reality of meaningful jobs, all driven by interest & demand from the public. Who can still be shocked?

It would only be shocking if its completely out of kilter with the rest of the industry. It certainly isnt, so why the outrage? Ultimately we pay for all of them .

[Hoola Han Solo 448]

MOTD probably earns the BBC millions in revenue. Why should Gary Lineker earn a fair share of that for contributing? Man gets paid for doing a good job shocker.

[Hoola Han Solo 448]

*MOTD probably earns the BBC millions in revenue. Why should Gary Lineker NOT earn a fair share of that for contributing? Man gets paid for doing a good job shocker.

[Bill 1,788]

Remind me what it costs to subscribe to sky

[Yellow Wal 314]

Barnacle Bill wrote the following post at 20/07/2017 8:20 AM:

Remind me what it costs to subscribe to sky

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And remind me how many damn adverts you have to put up with as well!

[Bill 1,788]

[quote user="Yellow Wal"]Barnacle Bill wrote the following post at 20/07/2017 8:20 AM:

Remind me what it costs to subscribe to sky

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And remind me how many damn adverts you have to put up with as well![/quote]and how much of it is shyte content as wellno radio stations eithermy point was how the gormless will happily fork out £60 a month then gripe about the BBC

[Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557]

When Adrian Chiles was paid almost £5m a year by ITV - £1.8m for Gary Linekar is a bargain.