DadoPrso9 7 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Dont know if it should go in here or not but i heard a rumour that back in the days when Sky were covering the SPL games that we were given the option to move to an SPLTV deal or extend the current deal with Sky, 8 out of the 10 SPL teams chose to go for the SPLTV deal (everyone excluding the Old Firm). As expected the SPLTV (i think it was called that) deal fell flat on its face and we were forced to accept a much reduced deal of about £2m from Setanta - thus opening the door to an improved deal for the premiership teams from SkyIt was quite a while ago but has anyone got any proof or can they confirm this?Just thought id post this as i heard that as we get £2m for winning the league - if a team avoids relegation in the EPL they get £30m which is the same as winning the CL - allegedly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac444 6 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Almost right, we got the BBC to cover it to begin with, which was worth less than Setanta is now offered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc72 0 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Sky were offering £ in the region of £40million to have the rights to show SPL football and but the SPL knocked it back and Setanta came in and if am not mistaken Rangers and Celtic recieve £2million a year from Setanta which is pathetic. Setantas coverage aswell is pathetic Scott Brown couldnt analyse a game of Pro Evolution on the PS2 if he tried he is so bad and when it comes to Rangers games he hits out with most ridiculous things. A hope SKY get the SPL back and get real coverage of football but aslong as they get rid of Provan then they will be fine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,096 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Sky were offering £ in the region of £40million to have the rights to show SPL football and but the SPL knocked it back and Setanta came in and if am not mistaken Rangers and Celtic recieve £2million a year from Setanta which is pathetic. Setantas coverage aswell is pathetic Scott Brown couldnt analyse a game of Pro Evolution on the PS2 if he tried he is so bad and when it comes to Rangers games he hits out with most ridiculous things. A hope SKY get the SPL back and get real coverage of football but aslong as they get rid of Provan then they will be fine You mean scott booth.Now Setanta have 40 premiership games from next season will mean more viewers and more revenue which could be good for us in the years coming up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc72 0 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Sky were offering £ in the region of £40million to have the rights to show SPL football and but the SPL knocked it back and Setanta came in and if am not mistaken Rangers and Celtic recieve £2million a year from Setanta which is pathetic. Setantas coverage aswell is pathetic Scott Brown couldnt analyse a game of Pro Evolution on the PS2 if he tried he is so bad and when it comes to Rangers games he hits out with most ridiculous things. A hope SKY get the SPL back and get real coverage of football but aslong as they get rid of Provan then they will be fine You mean scott booth.Now Setanta have 40 premiership games from next season will mean more viewers and more revenue which could be good for us in the years coming up.Yeah get rid of him on Setanta and get rid of Davie Provan on SKY and we wont have to suffer any longer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac444 6 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Sky were offering £ in the region of £40million to have the rights to show SPL football and but the SPL knocked it back and Setanta came in and if am not mistaken Rangers and Celtic recieve £2million a year from Setanta which is pathetic. Setantas coverage aswell is pathetic Scott Brown couldnt analyse a game of Pro Evolution on the PS2 if he tried he is so bad and when it comes to Rangers games he hits out with most ridiculous things. A hope SKY get the SPL back and get real coverage of football but aslong as they get rid of Provan then they will be fine As I said above, we had BBC between Sky and Setanta. Setanta weren't operating in UK (not sure about N. Ireland) when the SPL pulled out of the deal for Sky. To begin with I think it was around £6million a season for the entire league from the BBC, then Setanta came in and offered slightly more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DadoPrso9 7 Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Is there any proof of the fact that it was only the OF who accepted the offer?Also why would they not accept it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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