Alex Scott has left her presenting function with Disney+’s Girls’s Champions League protection simply two rounds into the European season, together with her departure confirmed on Thursday.
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Alex Scott‘s exit comes after criticism of Disney’s protection and after Scott publicly acknowledged that she disagreed with some manufacturing decisions, though she has not stated these disagreements precipitated her departure.
Reporting says the choice was Scott’s and that she intends to give attention to different initiatives.
Scott had fronted Disney+’s protection for the reason that platform acquired the competitors’s rights in 2025.
This season introduced new codecs, together with a watchalong present, with Scott alternating presenting duties with e.
Questions have been raised over the model and high quality of the protection, whereas technical issues additionally drew complaints from viewers. Arsenal’s opening match in opposition to HK Koge, for example, noticed a three-minute advert break interrupt the second half.
Scott had already made clear that she didn’t agree with each determination behind the broadcasts.
“I’ve to show up and do my job,” she d. “In the end, do I agree with all the selections that have been made? Completely not. Did I try to advise? Sure, however I can solely achieve this a lot.”
Her representatives issued a conciliatory assertion after the departure was confirmed.
“Alex is grateful for the alternatives she has needed to work with the workforce at Disney+ and hopes that they proceed to work collectively sooner or later,” they stated.
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Disney additionally thanked Scott for her contribution, saying her “ardour for the ladies’s sport and the competitors shone via” and wishing her success.
Scott’s important new enterprise is L, a YouTube present offered alongside former England internationals e and s.
The programme launched this season via Scott’s manufacturing firm, s, and mixes dialogue and evaluation with contributions from supporters.
Disney+ has a five-year Girls’s Champions League rights settlement, secured in 2025.
The remainder of the presenting and punditry workforce stays in place with protection as a result of resume on October 28, when Arsenal will face Benfica at Meadow Park.
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