Bbc Suspend Tam Cowan

[shull]

Thats Miranda Hart ruled out then .

And every other female " comedian " tae.

[strummer]

Woman goalkeepers are magic to watch because there all shite and good to laugh at, so i for one think Tam is well out of order.we need more womans football on the telly..people like Cowan will get it stopped..

[davidg]

World's gone mad.

I think Tam should be employed by Asda as Halloween costume designer.

[ged62]

Woman's football is never going too kick off. BOOM!

[davidg]

What's the best tv station if you want to keep abreast of womens footballing matters?

Edited September 29, 2013 by davidg

[SergioTacchiniGuy]

Its all a storm in a D cup.

[BuddieinEK]

It's satirical humour ffs.

Is women's football some sort of sacred cow... or is that the players?

[Kombi Buddie]

Wonder if women will roll out the same excuses as the men for still being shite after 136+ years of trying to play football.

Edited September 29, 2013 by Kombi Buddie

[scottd]

Cowan lost it for me in that article when he mentioned Motherwell's hallowed turf. That pitch hasn't had grass on it for about the last decade.

[slapamythighs]

From the herald

http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/news/home-news/tam-cowan-dropped-by-bbc-scotland-after-sexist-newspaper-column.1380404388

"Tam Cowan was ousted today by BBC Scotland from his normal Saturday lunchtime radio show after the publication of a newspaper column that was widely seen as unacceptably sexist.

His article in the Daily Record belittled the Scottish women's football team's 7-0 win Bosnia Herzegovina at Fir Park, which was shown on BBC Alba TV.

Cowan's column, which included a number of crude jokes, caused a storm of angry reaction on social media networks, and prompted the paper to add an editor's footnote to the online version, saying it should be "taken with a large pinch of salt".

However, BBC Scotland decided to ban him from Off the Ball today. Management are thought to have seen the column as unacceptable. It is not known yet if his absence is temporary or permanent.

Cowan, 44, was taken off air before the show went out at lunchtime, and was replaced at short notice by Annie McGuire, who has previously worked with Jim Traynor on his BBC Radio fans' call-in.

At the start of Off the Ball, co-host Stuart Cosgrove made no reference to the Daily Record column, but explained Cowan's absence by saying: "Alas, Tam's been delayed todaywe're looking for him. He's out there somewhere."

Cowan's Record column began: "If I had my way, today's Premiership fixture between Motherwell and Ross County would have been cancelled. That's because Fir Park should have been torched on Thursday in order to cleanse the stadium after it played host to women's football. Why do they still persevere with this turgid spectacle? And why was it allowed anywhere near Motherwell's hallowed turf?"

He added: "Admittedly, I've not seen a lot of women's footballand I'm not having a pop at the people taking part. Just the other week, I bumped into a couple of women footballers (I've still got the bruises to prove it) and they were honestly two of the nicest blokes I've ever met

"Face it, folks, nobody cares about women's football. There was barely a thousand inside the ground, shocking for an international in ANY sport, and I guess putting the girlies head-to-head with Emmerdale and Eastenders was a bit daft."

Among the critics on Twitter were Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson, who tweeted: "Fire up the Hillman Imp, Tam Cowan's going back to the 70s with his views on women's football."

SNP MSP Humza Yousaf added: "Invite Tam Cowan to come watch Glasgow Girls FC with me one day - he'll eat his words! Top quality football and great atmosphere too!"

Comedian Janey Godley said: "I like Tam Cowan but am disappointed he turned into a 70s misogynist ranter & tried to pass it off as 'comedy' Jim Davidson would be proud."

Leading novelist Ian Rankin added: "I wonder if anyone's told Tam Cowan that Charlotte Green read out the football results tonight (on Radio 5 Live - the first female to do so)."

After the backlash, the Record's online article was amended with the inclusion of an editor's note, which read: "Folks, we would like to point out Tam is a professional funnyman and what he has to say should be taken with a large pinch of salt. Also, his views are not necessarily those of the Daily Record as a whole."

The Record then tweeted: "Tam Cowan's piece today is HIS opinion. Read it and make up your own minds. Not publishing would be censorship."

Cowan is an ardent Motherwell fan and Daily Record columnist since 1998, producing a bi-weekly sports column and a weekly restaurant review.

He has presented Off The Ball for many years in tandem with his friend Cosgrove, who holds a senior position with Channel 4.

In February 2010, Cowan presented a six-part STV documentary series on literacy and numeracy difficulties among adults. In 2011, Cowan was also a co-presenter for STV's lifestyle magazine show The Hour, with Michelle McManus. The programme was axed four weeks after a move to a weekly prime time slot and a revamp led to low ratings."

lets faceit guys,all we want to see is at the final whistle,when they swap shirts,,,

[oaksoft]

Perhaps someone at the Beeb would be good enough to publish a list of what can & cannot be used as material for comedy now ?

That would only be necessary if their employees were morons who weren't physically capable of understanding what was and wasn't an acceptable thing to say.

If you need a list then you need to have a wee talk to yourself.

[murray street]

Cowan is not sexist at all.

He frequently dresses as a nun in his spare time.

[Callum Gilhooley]

That would only be necessary if their employees were morons who weren't physically capable of understanding what was and wasn't an acceptable thing to say.

If you need a list then you need to have a wee talk to yourself.

Your alright, i`ll leave talking to yourself to you. You seem the sort who only hears his own voice.

[Stuart Dickson]

The BBC should never have suspended Cowan. He's a columnist and a presenter. He's there to give his opinion. If you hire someone to give an opinion it's a bit stupid to punish them when they happen to give one that some might find offensive.

In this case I believe Cowan is wrong. Girls football in Scotland is one of the few area's where there is real growth - the other being organised youth football. There may not be a fan base for any of the teams just yet, but the fact is that there has been a huge increase in the numbers of girls participating in the sport in recent years and as the SFA gets their act together in organising proper league formats for all age groups it will only get more popular. However to punish Cowan for having an opinion that he has been hired to give it utterly ridiculous - and I'm sure those girls and ladies playing football do not need fannies like Humza Yousaf to speak for them

[oaksoft]

It's satirical humour ffs.

Is women's football some sort of sacred cow... or is that the players?

Well that's one way of looking at it and perhaps that was his intent.

Here's another way of looking at it though.

Women are a group of people who have suffered hundreds of years of oppression, rape, violence, mutilation, abuse and now disdain.

Many have been killed for advancing their cause and continue to face this threat in many parts of the world and are routinely denied access to education and the top jobs too.

Now you have to wonder whether it's appropriate for the group of people (men) inflicting this on them to be undermining them in the way Cowan is doing and accusing them of a lack of a sense of humour when they take offence.

Are we men really so stupid that they don't understand this?

Are we not intelligent enough to know that taking the piss out of people who are or who have historically been oppressed (such as women, blacks, gays etc) is questionable?

Isn't there something that doesn't feel right about this?

[HSS]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/tam-cowan-man-say-row-2322534#.Ukkl-EgeCdd.twitter

[shull]

Tam shouldve told his critics to sod off.

Probably ' advised ' to say sorry to save his career.

[Kendo]

As I said earlier I hoped he would apologize and get his knuckles wrapped and be reinstated by the BBC. Looks on course and a good apology without going OTT

[Flareybob]

Tam Cowan used to be funny, his TV series Taxi For Cowan, was great, but Off The Ball isn't funny anymore and he and the show haven't been funny in years.

I agree 100% with his article though.

Women who go to watch normal football matches only go to look at the players legs anyway.

[Herbie]

Tam Cowan used to be funny, his TV series Taxi For Cowan, was great, but Off The Ball isn't funny anymore and he and the show haven't been funny in years.

I agree 100% with his article though.

Women who go to watch normal football matches only go to look at the players legs anyway.

Having taken my wife to Love Street in the "Junior Mendes years" I can confirm this to be absolutely true....

[buddiecat]

everybody knows tam takes the piss out of everything, the easily offended have as usual gone ott on this

[Guest somner9]

everybody knows tam takes the piss out of everything, the easily offended have as usual gone ott on this

Exactly this!

I heard a number of feminist activist groups had planned a protest outside the BBC when Tam is in for his grilling. Turns out it's been cancelled and a feminist spokesperson said;

"to get all those women along to the BBC proved a logistical nightmare. The stack of ironing needing done and the time clash with the school run basically made the game a bogey, anyway i better get up the road and make his tea afore he gets in"

[murray street]

Q: What do you say to a woman with two black eyes?

A: You should have listened the first time daft cùnt!

[Guest somner9]

Q: What do you say to a woman with two black eyes?

A: You should have listened the first time daft cùnt!

thats an old firm type of unfunny

[exiledfan]

Surely if it passed editing by the record and into print then tams got a fair argument that the columns got f**k all to do with the bbc ?

Can't help but think we are living in a rediculously sensitive society.