I've said for years the BBC isn't impartial. Alice Roberts, chair of Humanist Society at the time, wanted to be the first non-religious person to do 'thought for the day' and was given the sod-off.
I don't do football, but you can't deny it's top of the list of things in UK not to fuck around and find out. All power.
I wonder if the BBC rugby pundits will stand with their colleagues or sell their souls...