GOAT Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ...the SPL has been downhill ever since. Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer 11 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 ...the SPL has been downhill ever since. Coincidence? No biggest mistake ever made I love watching games on sky theres good coverage billiant angles good pre and post match analysis and unbiased reporters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Also in hyndsight we would have been better off had we taken the £65m i think that was offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary2006 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 i loved the coverage on sky how good was it to have some games on at 5.30 on a saturday night .who remembers the game at pittodrie what an atmosphere that was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radlord Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 That was the Old Firm's fault, too - didn't we basically veto it as we wanted our own TV channels or something? And we know how great they've turned out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1993 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Also the commentry on sky sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Also in hyndsight we would have been better off had we taken the £65m i think that was offered. I think it was nearer £50m. But after the epic fail of the SPL trying to launch their own TV channel, they signed an £18m deal with the BBC. I know we've just signed a supposedely record deal with Setanta, but I believe if we kept with SKY every club in the SPL would be in a far, far better position financially right now than we are. That's why the SFL clubs should kick this SPL2 out the door right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Also in hyndsight we would have been better off had we taken the £65m i think that was offered. I think it was nearer £50m. But after the epic fail of the SPL trying to launch their own TV channel, they signed an £18m deal with the BBC. I know we've just signed a supposedely record deal with Setanta, but I believe if we kept with SKY every club in the SPL would be in a far, far better position financially right now than we are. That's why the SFL clubs should kick this SPL2 out the door right now. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 That was the Old Firm's fault, too - didn't we basically veto it as we wanted our own TV channels or something? And we know how great they've turned out... Us and them didn't want to end the deal with SKY as at the time we were trying to get into the Premiership. But after the SPL rejected the deal, to start their own TV channel (EPIC FAIL) the rumours where; us and them tried to launch our own TV channels with SKY but we eventually settled for SPL TV. A few months later we signed an £18m deal with BBC... How smart are those gentlemen at the SPL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Also, teams like Dundee Utd, Hibs, Motherwell. Hearts e.t.c. where actually filling their ground week in, week out. So the football must have been better for these clubs in the SKY days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'm just reading up about it. During the SKY years the 10-12 clubs combined debts barely reached £10m. A year into the BBC deal the debts of all clubs put together was around £132m! That's unreal. Since the end of the SKY deal, four clubs have entered administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie29 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 A massive regret turning it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 That was the Old Firm's fault, too - didn't we basically veto it as we wanted our own TV channels or something? And we know how great they've turned out... I thought it was the then SPL guru Mitchell whose brainchild was SPL tv and used the geniuses like Yorkston of Dunfermline and others to out vote the old firm who thought it was a non starter which it proved to be. Spl was then forced to go cap in hand to the bbc who paid pocket money for the rights. If only we had stayed with Sky and reaped the rewards just like the premiership. But when numpties run the spl and the tail wags the dog the results are plain to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_glasgow Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 typical from the fcuk wits that run Scottish football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Another example of the joke organisation that is the SPL. Did they not all resign and left the Old Firm out in the cold unless they changed the voting system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitzer007 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Far too many lunatics running the asylum that is Scottish football ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose4life Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?...c=99109&hl= - i made a post about this a couple of weeks ago with some maths in it to what we get now in comparason with our english counterparts..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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