Well Sky offered a not dissimilar choice during Covid lockdown, watch the game with added crowd noise, or in silence.
Whether the Beeb are able to cater for with/without pundit intervention, l have no idea.
It's all got rather out of hand, pulling him out of the firing line for a few weeks may give both sides a chance to moderate their stance.
Or maybe not.
irrespective of the rights or wrongs, maybe taking Gary Jug Ears out of the firing line isn't so bad an idea, at least to let the tension die down and for the dust to settle.