Tommy Martin: When sports presenters are manning the barricades, truly it is a strange sort of revolution

No greater love hath any commentator than to lay down his microphone for his fellow man. The ultimate sacrifice.

CHAMPION: A Manchester City fan holds up a sign in support of Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker

First they came for the footy anchormen… 

TV sports presenters aren’t supposed to be the story. Our job is to top and tail, fill in the gaps and usher along the conversation. We get dressed up slightly smarter than we would otherwise choose, get some makeup slapped on and talk about the sport in the bits that the sport is not on. It’s not life or death. We do not look at the Nobel Peace Prize and think, maybe next year.