Sky Sports' Andy Gray (not that he's with them anymore) is on the front page of The Mirror shrieking that he's been set-up.
In case you haven't heard, Sky felt his language was too free and easy when it came to women, so now like an old crisp packet, he's been kicked to the kerb.
Perhaps him and his namesake Andy Coulson should start a support group - especially since a third one Andy Burton has also been suspended.
Sheesh it's not been a good week for sporting Andys has it?
And what did this third Andy do? He asked if a female linesman (or should that be lineswoman? linesperson??) might have been a bit of alright.
No harm in asking a question but it was the unfortunate Mr Gray who suggested that she wasn't. Turns out that evidence on YouTube shows he's got form.
But what does all this mean in the scope of everyday life?
Does it mean that normal banter is finished and that from now we're going to be walking on broken glass?
It shouldn't do. Not if you know how to treat people. My motto is:
"Don't hurt others and you won't hurt yourself"
It's OK to observe and it can be fun to tease (often the sign of a relaxed friendship) but if your comments are venonous, spiteful or disparaging, then that's where you're likely to come a cropper.
Interestingly a tweet yesterday suggested that if Andy Gray and Richard Keys (the other Sky commentator caught up in the row) were to lose their jobs, then in fairness ITV's Loose Women panel would also have to go.
But these are the times we live in where it's perfectly OK to rip the piss out of a bloke and not expect him to complain about it, yet when the shoe's on the other foot, some women (rightly so others might argue) complain.
Tory MP Dominic Rabb (as in bab or barb?) has given the opinion-formers summit to sink their pens into by claiming all "feminists are bigots" and that the ball - and I'm assuming he's not referring to one of his own - has swung too far the other way.
We could be here all day debating this.
Suffice to say that for me, the question I ask myself is why be a feminist when it's more fun to be a woman?
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