Is there something seriously wrong with the BBC?
The corporation has just made a Zimbabwean striker its Women's Footballer of the Year.
Barbra Banda, a 24-year-old who plays for Zimbabwe and Orlando Pride women's teams.
The only problem is that Barbra was forced to withdraw from the Women's Africa Cup of Nations in 2022 after it became apparent the footballer's testosterone levels were much higher than those permitted by the Confederation of African Football.
Player who failed to meet gender regulations over 'high testosterone' wins BBC Women's Footballer of the YearSpeaking at the time, the President of the Zambian FA said that Barbra failed a gender verification test.
A subsequent transfer to Real Madrid was also then blown apart when Barbra failed another gender verification test.
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So with the controversy in mind, why did the BBC see fit to do this?
Of all the female footballers in the world, why does the BBC choose somebody who has failed gender verification tests to make its Women's Footballer of the Year?
Anyone might think the corporation iss using licence fee money to troll us.
The Women’s Rights Network, which posted a link to the announcement saying “a footballer who was banned from the Women’s African Cup of Nations… No words”.
Campaigner and former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies said on X that the award was “just bloody ridiculous”.
Does the BBC really care about women's football? Does it really care about empowering women? Or is this all just a big virtue-signalling exercise funded by hard earned licence fee money belonging to Brits who have quite frankly had enough of all the gaslighting?
It's time Auntie was shown the red card.
