Although Alex Scott hasnt been officially confirmed as the next host of BBCs Football Focus, has already hailed the appointment and the say shes close to taking up the new role, so it should be a matter of when Alex Taylor Jersey its confirmed and not if.Not everyone is thrilled with the news, however, as Scott has many detractors who dont believe shes qualified for the role. The 36-year-olds credentials are now being scrutinised by men who, lets face it, believe her to be a diversity hire rather than a deserving pick because shes a mixed-race woman replacing a white man.These guys cant see past Scotts race and gender and ignore her experience in journalism, broadcasting, football and punditry. They dont know a single thing about her career, but they do mental gymnastics trying to suggest their dislike of Scott isnt down to her identity.Didnt play at the highest levelOne strange levelled at Scott is that she didnt play at the highest level and apparently has no star power. Firstly, when was it a requirement of a Football Focus presenter that they had to be a world-cla s footballer? And how does that description not fit Scott?The 36-year-old spent most of her playing career with Arsenal, winning six league titles, seven FA Cups, seven other domestic cups and one Champions League trophy. Shes also made 140 appearances for England, finishing second in the 2009 European Championships and third in the 2015 World Cup, so how didnt she play at the highest level?Dan Walker was the presenter of Football Focus for 12 years but never played football in a profe sional setting and therefore Tarik Cohen Jersey has no honours like Scott, so the haters double standards are showing.Sky Sports Soccer Saturday is one of their most popular football shows and is presented by Jeff Stelling whos never played profe sionally. But do they complain about his presenting of the programme? Of course not.How can a footballer present a TV show?When rational people explain why Scotts succe s as a profe sional footballer destroys the suggestion that she wasnt a top-level player, the haters then use her experience against her, suggesting shes not fit to be a presenter because she kicked a ball around. But not only is the 36-year-old a from the PFAs BA (Hons) in Profe sional Sports Writing and Broadcasting at Staffordshire University, shes presented Soccer AM and had media roles with BBC Sport, Sky Sports and BT Sport, so shes more than ready for the job.Dan Walker, Jeff Stelling, Mark Chapman, Des Lynham, Jake Humphrey, Colin Murray, Richard Keys, Jim RosenthalNone of them played even one minute of profe sional football.So if you think Alex Scott is not qualified to present Football Focus, your i sue is something else. David McGuire (@McGuireDavid) People can excel in more than one industry in life and Scott has worked hard for nine years to make this happen, explaining on in 2018: I wanted to make plans in advance, not be that athlete that got to the end and then worried what am I going to do next? I wanted to make my transition as smooth as po sible.I think it helped that I found something that I enjoyed, so I could focus on what to do around it. I visited the PFAs website and looked at some courses and found that they funded a Sports Journalism Breshad Perriman Jersey degree, so I got in contact with them straight away.I sat down with Arsenal to see how we could manage it, it turned out to be an ideal situation for me to sign up to the course and it fitted alongside me being a profe sional footballer for Arsenal.Its been hard work, I didnt just appear overnight I started my degree in 2012 and finished when I was playing at the World Cup with England in 2015. Sometimes people just see the end game and not the proce s that happens in between.Its funny that detractors say her being a footballer means she shouldnt be considered for presenter roles when Gary Lineker has hosted Match of the Day since 1999 and was a former player himself.The 60-year-old even hosted Grandstand which covered a wide range of sports in the country, but there wasnt as much scrutiny over his knowledge as there is for Scott.Why are so many women working in mens football?And this is where the mask slips, where they just come out and say how they really feel. Theyre against the idea of women working in mens football and need to work backwards to justify their bigotry.But they havent Kindle Vildor Jersey done their research on the person theyre angry about, so all their arguments are in bad faith telling a succe sful player they arent, telling an educated broadcaster they arent and telling an already-experienced presenter they arent. None of their criticisms stand up to scrutiny because Scott was made for this role and deserves it on merit.Box-ticking exerciseThis is Josh Woods Jersey doublespeak, aiming to reduce Scott to her race and gender while ignoring all her qualifications in the proce s. Women are underrepresented in football media, as are black and mixed-race people, so their appointments in the industry are always judged to be course correction by nay-sayers.If the quota calls for a succe sful footballer with academia in broadcasting and experience in presenting, Scott is the perfect pick. She was working in media before she retired as a player, so shes paid her dues and then some.And to suggest shes a diversity hire when shes been groomed by the same broadcast company looking to promote her is ridiculous. Thankfully, shes receiving widespread support on social media by rational people.SummaryRegardle s of what haters say about Scotts appointment, the BBC could not have picked a better presenter to head Football Focus. Shes played at the top level in football and has plenty of presenting and media experience from various roles for various broadcasters, so shes a bulletproof appointment.