bobskeldon Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Listening to Sportsound on Saturday about how best to proceed with the leagues etc and not one person on the programme questioned the sporting integrity/TV deal re 4 Ugly Sisters matches a season. Everyone of them referred to this as a reason that the 'broadcasters' might ask for their money back should these games not take place. It once more raised the question for me about what might happen if most/all the teams in Scotland outside the OF had a great season and as a result either Celtic or Rangers finished 7th? Would the SPFL simply reverse 6th and 7th place so that the 'TV deal' is protected? I also want to ask that slaverin erse ****** Bonnar what exactly the "Celtic family" means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack D and coke Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 **** Celtic and anyone who sympathises with them. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 “The Celtic family” is code for bigoted religion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Were are where we are. Other leagues have caught up in the same style. ECL monies going direct to teams the gap gets larger every year. I'm dead serious here, I posted in Carona thread. 2 leagues next year 22 and 20. Playing each twice for one season only. Split leagues again thereafter. Yes this is mad ( or even madder) but give OF an extra 2 games against each other, it's not going to make a blind bit difference to the rest Im away to lie down, saving Scottish football takes a lot out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherbet Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 It's also rigged in the respect the last derby is set so that it is not a title decider. This impacts on when.other teams play them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Laff Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said: “The Celtic family” is code for bigoted religion! Correct. Daniel O’Donnell arse rimming plastic paddy bigot whanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Laff Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Sherbet said: It's also rigged in the respect the last derby is set so that it is not a title decider. This impacts on when.other teams play them That’s not for tv though, that’s because they’re scum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Cruickshank for Scotland said: “The Celtic family” is code for bigoted religion! Includes all, except the boys club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Tommy Brown said: Were are where we are. Other leagues have caught up in the same style. ECL monies going direct to teams the gap gets larger every year. I'm dead serious here, I posted in Carona thread. 2 leagues next year 22 and 20. Playing each twice for one season only. Split leagues again thereafter. Yes this is mad ( or even madder) but give OF an extra 2 games against each other, it's not going to make a blind bit difference to the rest Im away to lie down, saving Scottish football takes a lot out of me. Maybe the hot balls would be drawn intentionally in the cup draws so they'd get their 4 a season quota... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1874 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Can’t believe no owners/ Chairmen of other clubs can’t grow a set and stand up to them or try and rally the other clubs for the good of the game in Scotland. Our league, the people who run it and the media in this country when it comes to football are an absolute joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Treasurer Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 36 minutes ago, stevie1874 said: Can’t believe no owners/ Chairmen of other clubs can’t grow a set and stand up to them or try and rally the other clubs for the good of the game in Scotland. Our league, the people who run it and the media in this country when it comes to football are an absolute joke. Romanov tried and got ridiculed by other clubs and the media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Laff Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, The Treasurer said: Romanov tried and got ridiculed by other clubs and the media. Romanov also didn’t vote when it was time to scrap the voting rules in the league from 10/2. Edited March 16, 2020 by Last Laff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gowestjambo Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, stevie1874 said: Can’t believe no owners/ Chairmen of other clubs can’t grow a set and stand up to them or try and rally the other clubs for the good of the game in Scotland. Our league, the people who run it and the media in this country when it comes to football are an absolute joke. Worse than stand up to them, they agreed the O/F would get the lions share of the money from TV.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch41 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 TV coverage in Scotland is corrupt. What’s the point of helping the Old Firm get richer, raises their profile which leads every other club in Scotland being sold down the river. Just look at every Scottish football tv programme, every radio and newspaper and 90% of the reporters, commentators, guests ect. all have links to the Old Firm. They either support one of them or have played for Celtic or Rangers I couldn’t count how many times they maybe start talking about the Hearts, Aberdeen, Hibs and then end up talking about Rangers or Celtic which is their favourite topic. Our league have acted like poodles with the tv contracts and it’s time for the clubs to make the league grow a pair and end this nepotism, cronyism or favouritism or what ever you want to call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Daddy Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 22 hours ago, Sherbet said: It's also rigged in the respect the last derby is set so that it is not a title decider. This impacts on when.other teams play them 'Rigged' is bang on. Even before a ball is kicked at the start of each season - it's not a level playing field. Everything is 'rigged' in favour of the uglies. The fixture list (as above), they get the lions share of the TV revenue, the officials are grossly in favour of one or the other... I could go on, but we all know this. Nothing will change until all of the rest stand up together and say STOP. Unfortunately, their away support brings in too much revenue for everyone outside (probably) Hearts, Hibs & Aberdeen. Even St Johnstone gave Rangersan extra stand at their last home game! Thats what we're up against. Not only that, the ruling bodies won't do anything that upsets the uglies... can you imagine if it was either arse cheek that was at the bottom of the league right now... do you even think the word relegation would come up? I think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 23 hours ago, Tommy Brown said: Were are where we are. Other leagues have caught up in the same style. ECL monies going direct to teams the gap gets larger every year. I'm dead serious here, I posted in Carona thread. 2 leagues next year 22 and 20. Playing each twice for one season only. Split leagues again thereafter. Yes this is mad ( or even madder) but give OF an extra 2 games against each other, it's not going to make a blind bit difference to the rest Im away to lie down, saving Scottish football takes a lot out of me. Brilliant tommy, watching scottish refs takes a lot out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 League structure should never be set up purely for the benefit of one stakeholder. Someone made the point that with more teams comes a greater degree of safety. Perhaps maintaining 1 automatically down + a play off is right in a larger league to further offer security. One of the biggest complaints is that every team outside OF and Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen just sit in. If relegation was less of a threat we might see more teams try to attack and play some exciting football. If Sky threaten to walk away (which is doubtful, they'd probably just want to renegotiate terms) then so be it. We could see what BT are willing to do, or perhaps look at launching an online service. We need the flexibility to be able to experiment with league structure until we find one which works for everyone. Bending over backwards to accommodate 2 clubs and a broadcaster has led to over 30 years of two clubs passing the league trophy between each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Slim Stylee Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 21 hours ago, The Treasurer said: Romanov tried and got ridiculed by other clubs and the media. Maybe because he came across as a deranged feckwit?😀 We could have asked for a more stable spokesperson to point out all those glaring iniquities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Daddy Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 minute ago, OTT said: League structure should never be set up purely for the benefit of one stakeholder. Someone made the point that with more teams comes a greater degree of safety. Perhaps maintaining 1 automatically down + a play off is right in a larger league to further offer security. One of the biggest complaints is that every team outside OF and Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen just sit in. If relegation was less of a threat we might see more teams try to attack and play some exciting football. If Sky threaten to walk away (which is doubtful, they'd probably just want to renegotiate terms) then so be it. We could see what BT are willing to do, or perhaps look at launching an online service. We need the flexibility to be able to experiment with league structure until we find one which works for everyone. Bending over backwards to accommodate 2 clubs and a broadcaster has led to over 30 years of two clubs passing the league trophy between each other. Totally agree. With technology these days, and the fact that almost all clubs (ins the SPL at any rate) have their own TV channel covering home games... there's surely an argument for running an SPL football service? I know this has been tried before, but if SKY isn't willing to invest, maybe worth a shot? League re-structuring is long overdue but won't change as it bring too much income to the uglies (and the lesser teams that want the gate receipts that the uglies bring 3 or 4 times per season.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Daddy Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Big Slim Stylee said: Maybe because he came across as a deranged feckwit?😀 We could have asked for a more stable spokesperson to point out all those glaring iniquities. Vlad was many things... but he hated the OF. At least he was more than willing to stand up to them... remember he reduced the ugliesaway support allocation! Quality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixHearts Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 49 minutes ago, mitch41 said: TV coverage in Scotland is corrupt. What’s the point of helping the Old Firm get richer, raises their profile which leads every other club in Scotland being sold down the river. Just look at every Scottish football tv programme, every radio and newspaper and 90% of the reporters, commentators, guests ect. all have links to the Old Firm. They either support one of them or have played for Celtic or Rangers I couldn’t count how many times they maybe start talking about the Hearts, Aberdeen, Hibs and then end up talking about Rangers or Celtic which is their favourite topic. Our league have acted like poodles with the tv contracts and it’s time for the clubs to make the league grow a pair and end this nepotism, cronyism or favouritism or what ever you want to call it. You ever heard of A View From The Terrace? 3 Hearts supporters, a Raith fan and a Stenhousemuir fan. Talk about Brora Rangers as much as they talk about The Rangers Edited March 17, 2020 by PhoenixHearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch41 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I have seen it but it’s more comedy than a serious football programme but fair enough it is entertaining but it’s on too late at night for many viewers and not that many people know about the programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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