General football musings

[Zizou]

Clearly it's not reasonable or fair.

What can we do about it?

Get rid of the BBC unless they pay a reasonable amount to cover our game. The stuff they churn out is absolutely terrible so it would be no loss.

[Drederick Shanktum]

Why is Lafferty being refferred to as "The Duke" on kickback?

[PHOODLE-OUt]

That's the best deal they can get from the EPL I imagine. Maybe Mongcaster should put the asking price up.

[Ray Winstone]

Heading up that way at the end of the week

Fit like min.

There's always a warm embrace for fellow JWs at Casa del Winston.

[Groot]

Does the Scottish highlights get shown UK wide?

Also is that million pound just for the league highlights if so what do we get for the Scottish Cup?

[Big Physical Acey]

Does the Scottish highlights get shown UK wide?

Also is that million pound just for the league highlights if so what do we get for the Scottish Cup?

The highlights on the website will be available UK-wide, I would've thought.

[Mr A]

Dongcaster etc should absolutely be telling the BBC to GTF if they are not happy with what they offer financially.

Is there a broadcaster out there willing to pay more for our football highlights/Scottish Cup games?

[Groot]

Unlikely anyone else will pay for highlights i.e. sky seeing as BT Sports already have them so it's about getting the best deal we can for it from BBC as I'm not sure STV have the money to compete

[Floyd]

I think it's about trying to play hardball with them instead of just rolling over and getting our collective tummies tickled like we do just now.

The SPFL just take whatever scraps that, BT, Sky & the BBC throw our way and then make our we're lucky to have even that.

No fucking wonder when you've got clowns like Doncaster talking the game down instead of up all the time.

[Mr A]

Can we split this thread?

'BBC gives Scotch football the dry boaby'

[Cheeky Gnando’s]

Who's going to pay £60m to showreel Partick vs Kilmarnock across the UK though

Did you see the standard of the top division in England before Sky starting chucking fuckloads of money at it?

Works two ways.

There's always a warm embrace for fellow JWs at Casa del Winston.

[Walter Sobchak]

Dongcaster etc should absolutely be telling the BBC to GTF if they are not happy with what they offer financially.

Is there a broadcaster out there willing to pay more for our football highlights/Scottish Cup games?

The BBC, of course, have a public service remit. That sets them apart.

[PHOODLE-OUt]

Did you see the standard of the top division in England before Sky starting chucking fuckloads of money at it?

Works two ways.

Aye but until SKY pumps billions in to the SPFL, BBC will see our pishy highlights that no cunt watches as pretty worthless.

[Cheeky Gnando’s]

Aye but until SKY pumps billions in to the SPFL, BBC will see our pishy highlights that no cunt watches as pretty worthless.

The BBC, of course, have a public service remit. That sets them apart.

I'll refer you to the above comment

[Mr A]

The BBC, of course, have a public service remit. That sets them apart.

It does, but that does not oblige them to spunk the licence fee at stuff that people do not want to watch.

That's what I was getting at earlier. Just because we have 1/10 of the population of England, does not mean Scottish football should get 1/10 of what English football gets.

[Johnny]

BBC giving us the sair yin, on the cheap. Better together though

[Walter Sobchak]

It does, but that does not oblige them to spunk the licence fee at stuff that people do not want to watch.

That's what I was getting at earlier. Just because we have 1/10 of the population of England, does not mean Scottish football should get 1/10 of what English football gets.

Why not? It is a massive part of scottish culture, like it is english.

[2MatoFish]

It does, but that does not oblige them to spunk the licence fee at stuff that people do not want to watch.

Kinda does

[Zizou]

It does, but that does not oblige them to spunk the licence fee at stuff that people do not want to watch.

That's what I was getting at earlier. Just because we have 1/10 of the population of England, does not mean Scottish football should get 1/10 of what English football gets.

It's not 1/10 of the population. We contribute 1/10 of the license fee yet get 1/60th of what England get put into football (it's actually higher than that because that doesn't include the lower leagues in England).

Should we be expecting £60 million for our product? Not in the real world, no. Should we be expecting 1/60th of what England gets? Not in the real world, no.

[Gershwin]

Get Channel 4 to cover the SPFL. They tend to do what's right when it comes to broadcasting.