The BBC has addressed complaints about its ESL coverage (Picture: Getty Images/PA/AFP)The BBC has hit back at complaints over its coverage of the proposed European Super League, with the broadcaster saying it believes the reporting was ‘proportionate and fair’. In a statement published on its complaints board, the BBC said it has ‘received complaints over our coverage of the European Super League’. The broadcaster stated that ‘plans for the creation of a European Super League (ESL) in football and its subsequent collapse has been a story of significance not just in the world of sport but more broadly too’. As such, the BBC believes that its coverage of the subject was warranted. ‘Because of that we believe our coverage was editorially justified and we are confident it was proportionate and fair,’ the statement read.

Source: Metro April 29, 2021 10:41 UTC