The BBC has admitted that it is paying an undisclosed sum to Diego Maradona, the former Argentina football international for exclusive access to his views prior to this summer's football World Cup. How do you feel about some of your licence fee going to the man who broke the hearts of England fans with his dodgy hand of God goal in the 1986 World Cup?
Is the BBC merely landing a decent scoop of genuine interest to all football fans? Or is it riding roughshod over their delicate sensibilities?
Last year the BBC reported how. speaking on his TV show, Maradona said the intervention, which he nicknamed "The Hand of God", was justified: "The truth is that I don't for a second regret scoring that goal with my hand," he said on the programme. He defended his goal as his response to Britain's claim to the Falkland islands.
But the BBC is refusing to disclose how much of your money it is paying him. Should they follow the example of Diego the once-bloated drug user and come clean? How do you feel about it's claims that the figure is commercially sensitive? And will Diego just be sniggering behind his hands at the Beeb's gullibility? The BBC says that Maradona is a reformed figure whose views are of genuine interest.
