Becker backhand

[toontra]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44489798

I sincerely hope the Beeb terminate any contract they had with him for Wimbledon ASAP.  He was a crap commentator anyway.

[pumpkin]

Why? He is a commentator and his diplomatic status doesn't affect that. he isn't dealing with the finances of the BBC

[toontra]

I'm talking morally rather than legally.  I don't particularly want part of my license fee to be going to someone pulling that kind of stunt.

[Samuel D]

So you reckon siding with big finance is the moral stance?

[toontra]

So you reckon siding with big finance is the moral stance?

I think you're buying into his sob story.

I presume he was made bankrupt for good reason. For the (previously) rich this is often the result of unwise investments, living beyond your means or possibly an attempted scam of some sort.

We are all at the behest of "big finance" whether we like it or not.  Most of us manage to avoid bankrupcy.

[citoyen]

I presume he was made bankrupt for good reason.

The BBC story is a bit thin on facts either way, so I'm not jumping to conclusions.

In any case, whatever the cause of his dispute may be, I don't think it can cast him in any worse light than getting a model pregnant over lunch and then denying paternity.

[nicknack]

getting a model pregnant over lunch

I presume that's temporally rather than spatially.

[citoyen]

I presume that's temporally rather than spatially.

In the broom cupboard between courses, rather than on the table. Even Boris Becker isn't that shameless!

[mattc]

Lots of perfectly nice people manage to utterly f*ck up their finances.

It's not directly linked to morality - let alone knowledge of sport, or ability to commentate.

there is no sense in expecting sporting greats to be competent and perfect in every area.

[T42]

I presume that's temporally rather than spatially.

In the broom cupboard between courses, rather than on the table. Even Boris Becker isn't that shameless!

The inter-course broom cupboard, so to speak.

[Jaded]

He had a handle on her brush.

[toontra]

Seems like he's been playing underhand as well as backhand - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/19/boris-beckers-diplomatic-passport-is-a-fake-says-car

He called the whole thing a farce....  it is now.

[sg37409]

... He was a crap commentator anyway.

Yes, he is/was

[toontra]

Hopefully this means he won't be on the BBC for a few years - although nothing would surprise me.

[canny colin]

According to the Guardian He won't be commentating for at least two & a half years , just living off porridge .

[rafletcher]

According to the Guardian He won't be commentating for at least two & a half years , just living off porridge .

He’ll serve no more than 1/ 2 of that in reality, but that’ll mean he’s not available until 2024.

[Mr Larrington]

According to the Guardian He won't be commentating for at least two & a half years , just living off porridge .

He’ll serve no more than 1/ 2 of that in reality, but that’ll mean he’s not available until 2024.

Start your cascade of groan-inducing tennis puns here vvvv, kids

[Tim Hall]

In the broom cupboard between courses,

I haven't seen that in Cluedo before. Is it part of the racey Whitstable version?

[citoyen]

In the broom cupboard between courses,

I haven't seen that in Cluedo before. Is it part of the racey Whitstable version?

“Is that a bit of lead piping in your pocket… etc etc”

[T42]

Listening to France Info while dressing this morning: "la chute de Nikon", I heard.  Eyes wide in surprise, then they went on about Boris Becker.  Light dawned: "la chute d'un icône".  Right, just bloody tennis, as you were.

[fd3]

Now that's funny

[rafletcher]

Listening to France Info while dressing this morning: "la chute de Nikon", I heard.  Eyes wide in surprise, then they went on about Boris Becker.  Light dawned: "la chute d'un icône".  Right, just bloody tennis, as you were.

I’m pleased that’s what it was, given my employer!