The win was given on the back of Lineker’s last year at Match of the Day, but – though he was a competent, knowledgeable, affable presenter on the football show – Lineker knows that’s not the real reason he has ended up clutching an NTA. After all, MOTD has never won at the awards before.
At the end of May, Lineker said goodbye to Match of the Day and the BBC after 26 years on the show. On his final programme, he made another subtextual comment: “It wasn’t meant to end this way,” he said, referring to the “responsible course of action” he took by leaving the broadcast after he shared an Instagram post about Zionism featuring an illustration of a rat, a historically antisemitic token. The presenter apologised, saying he “would never consciously repost anything antisemitic”.
Lineker left the BBC earlier this year, calling his exit “the responsible course of action” (Photo: Michael Regan – The FA/The FA via Getty Images)But Lineker didn’t fall into line. He signed open letters decrying government policies and BBC decisions; he carried on tweeting about the genocide in Palestine. It was only a matter of time before he was excavated from the BBC line-up.
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ITV bosses will be breathing a sigh of relief at the news of Lineker’s NTA win. He’s set to host a new game show, The Box, on the channel and they will no doubt be hoping that he’ll bring his army of supporters along with him. But it was a risk – if the BBC were right about Lineker being outspoken and out of line, then the hire would be a colossal waste of money (his ITV pay packet hasn’t been revealed, but since he was on £1.35 million at the Beeb I’d imagine it’s a hefty sum).
Lineker’s win is a message to them all – to us all – that putting your head above the parapet to air your views and to speak truth to power will (eventually and after a lot of derision) be rewarded. Or in his words, it “demonstrates that it is OK to use your platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice”. With the public behind him, there’s no telling where Lineker and his views might end. I wonder if he fancies No 10?
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