Yes the BBC has to make cuts, but why always sport?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/blog/2015/nov/18/bbc-cuts-sport-licence-fee

In this article director of BBC Tony Hall is planning to save £30mil a year by saving the sports budget to account the license fee does not come as a surprise. The article also explains the reason of Snooker and Darts not being entertaining enough for viewers but will still save it. Formula One will almost certainly go. It will be much missed by petrolheads. But it is getting increasingly difficult to make the argument for spending so much money on rights that only tell half the story of the season and often miss key races. It is understood that recent moves to give up half of the Six Nations and get coverage have already gone a long way to saving the £30m required because of Sky and there competitors have taken all other coverage for Rugby.

1. Hall professes to be a sports fan and made all the right noises when the BBC recaptured the rights to the FA Cup, shared with BT Sport, a couple of years ago.

2. Ever since Wimbledon was first shown in 1937, sport has been a central part of the BBC’s story

3. (Comment) A better question would actually be "why always every other sport except football" - frankly football can, and would, be picked up by the commercial broadcasters. So the BBC could easily let that go and leave it to ITV / Ch4 / Ch5. And football rights are easily the most expensive going - so losing those would free up ALOT of money.

In my opinion I believe that the BBC saving the sports industry for them wouldnt be needed because the coverage is still entertaining its only that viewers care about sports like football and rugby. The reason why i say they are popular is because the viewer-ship for snooker and Darts are not big as they used to be as in the past they would be the older generation but now they are rooting for football and rugby. The BBC have lost in deals of coverage as well which has put them in position but right now they should focus on entertainment and wait to get a deal in and work with others on this.