Thursday, May 25, 2006

ABC Denies Anne was sacked due to age......

By ABC Netball

The ABC has denied claims prominent netball commentator Anne Sargeant was sacked because of her age.
The 48-year-old former Australian netball captain said she was dumped from the ABC's netball commentary team because she was considered too old.
But ABC television's head of sport, Iain Knight, has denied Ms Sargeant's claims, saying the decision not to use her was based on a new approach to netball coverage, focussed more heavily on expert commentary.
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