http://www.dailymail....oting-Dutch-beer.html
[“World Cup 2010: ITV axes pundit Robbie Earle for 'handing tickets to models promoting Dutch beer'
ITV has fired World Cup pundit Robbie Earle after match tickets allocated to him were used as part of an illegal advertising scheme.
The broadcaster axed him after tickets for matches in South Africa given to the footballer for his family and friends were sold on and used for ‘unauthorised’ purposes. Senior figures say it is unlikely the presenter, who has been an ITV pundit since 2002, will work for them again.
Sources close to Robbie Earle insist he had simply been let down by a friend and no idea that his ticket allocation was being used for ambush marketing.”]
Why did ITV need to give Earle around 30 tickets and how many other individuals have had similar tickets allocations and where have all these other tickets ended up I suspect Earle is not alone in selling/giving them away - just alone in getting caught.
This looks like yet another example of the privileged being greedy - but did Robbie Earle deserve to be punished this severely ?