Gary Lineker is back. The BBC can’t risk this humiliation again

The stand-off occurred because the rules are not clear and the BBC management is dysfunctional. Both must be addressed now

Once Lineker has returned to his Saturday night presenting duties, the BBC needs a policy that recognises that freelance presenters with careers outside the BBC do not speak for the BBC. Photo: James Manning/PA

The Match of the Day mutiny is over.

Gary Lineker is back, and apparently on his own terms, or at least terms he can live with. Football is a team game and here it was Gary’s all-stars vs Tim Davie’s stragglers. In life, as in football, the stars tend to come out on top.