Newish Pie, I do not object to balance and diversity, as I said it is the 'supposed' balance and diversity I do not like. Where is the balance, when you always have at least one woman on pundit's panel, for a men's game of all the main sports, but barely a man in sight for the women's equivalents, and without wishing to upset the particularly sensitive to possible racist comments on here, in general those panels do seem to have a higher proportion of black people than white. This is not racist, just a fact. I like what they have to say in the main, as I do with the white panelists, but it just seems that, to be fair, all TV channels, not just the BBC, are going overboard in their attempts to be seen as balanced and diverse, and in doing so are anything but balanced certainly.

Also to make it quite clear I am not one of the, 'some people', that you describe in your response to my post. The addition of pundits to panels, from opposing countries/teams, of all races, colour and *** has given a new perspective to the way a game is seen.