BBC says sorry for calling Welsh rugby player 'Jake Ballsack'

[RobbL]

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[QUOTE]BBC Sport has apologised after an embarrassing teamsheet gaffe involving the Welsh rugby union player Jake Ball.

On their online team list, Scarlets lock Ball was listed as ‘Jake Ballsack’, causing scarlet faces at the BBC Sport website.

A spokeswoman for BBC Sport told Walesonline.co.uk the piece was quickly amended as soon as it was spotted.

She added: “‘We are investigating how this error occurred and the piece was amended as soon as it was spotted. We apologise for any offence that may have been caused.”[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2014/nov/10/bbc-says-sorry-for-calling-welsh-rugby-player-jake-ballsack?view=desktop[/url]

[Purple Magpie]

To be fair, he [i]is[/i] Welsh.

[Bat-shit]

To be fair, he [i]does[/i] kinda look like a ballsack.

[fritzel]

To be fair, he has ballsack

[proboardslol]

To be fair, his name IS Jake

[Sgt-NiallR]

[QUOTE=Lijitsu;46453978]To be fair, he [i]is[/i] Welsh.[/QUOTE]

We should start pronouncing all Welsh words as 'ballsack'.

[Memobot]

Oh. So that's why they lost.

[Hamsteronfire]

To be fair, his dad had a ballsack

[Baron von Hax]

To be fair, he [I]is[/I] as hairy as a ballsack