glasgowrangersno1 468 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 From the record:Scottish Professional Football LeagueRevealed: Cost to SPFL of televising Rangers matches following Ibrox club's collapse sits at £725kTHE cash has been dished out as subsidies to the major broadcasters to help them cover production expenses for live broadcasts from remote and ill-equipped grounds.THE cost of the “cashback“ deal between Scotland’s league bosses and TV companies after the Rangers collapse is currently sitting at more than £700,000.Record Sport can reveal £250,000 has already been paid back to broadcasters – with another £250,000 set to follow this summer – for screening the Ibrox club’s rise through the bottom two tiers.The cash has been dished out as subsidies to ESPN, BT Sport and Sky to help them cover the soaring production expenses involved in staging live broadcasts from remote and ill-equipped grounds.And as part of a separate agreement the total payout rose by another £225,000 to a whopping £725,000 after last term’s viewing figures for the full Scottish game failed to hit projected targets.Details of the deal struck in summer 2012 – during crisis talks involving league boss Neil Doncaster, Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell and the broadcasters – were leaked online over the weekend sparking an angry reaction from fans.Record Sport can confirm the bumper payments were part of the £15million-a-year package negotiated with Sky and ESPN in the wake of the financial collapse at Ibrox which wiped Rangers out of the top flight.But last night SPFL sources denied suggestions the deal was struck to keep Rangers in the media spotlight.And Doncaster said: “The support given to Scottish football by our broadcast partners, in 2012 and since, has been fundamental to the health of our game.”The subsidies, covering seasons 2012-13 and 2013-14, were agreed after ESPN and Sky demanded a share of 15 Rangers matches per season but were unwilling to shell out the extra cash required for live broadcasts at lower-league grounds.ESPN were also paid the viewing figure rebate of £225k. But when their contract was taken over by BT a year ago that clause was removed – sparing the SPFL another big payout.Doncaster is also believed to be angered by claims the TV deal was altered ahead of RangerÂ’ liquidation to stipulate it must include four Old Firm derbies a season.Our SPFL source said: “That stipulation had been part of all the SPLÂ’s TV deals for a decade. It was inserted at the broadcasters request."So when Rangers collapsed the SPL was in breach of contract. The deal agreed with the broadcasters was saving the game." Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bob 1,360 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 15 million a year package?I don believe that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenosebrad 452 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Hahaha so without Rangers there would have been no deal TV at all, as we say its all about the Rangers lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinty 1,445 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Watch the spin on this. The soap dodgers et al will claim this was a SPL conspiracy to keep Rangers in the limelight. What they are all missing is, that without the £700k 'rebate', there would have been no TV deal at all. It's that simple, and just as we all knew, without Rangers, there is no Scottish Football.Just thinking back to the plaudits that Doncaster and Liewell received after their trip to London to secure the TV deal/sell the jerseys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nosed Babe 20,582 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Confirms what we always knew. It is all about the Rangers!The reason they had to pay the rebate for failing figures is because no one wants to watch the top flight.If Hivs are relegated to Championship then the top league will be even more of a busted flush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tollboy-noey 50 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I am not a leagal eagle,but should the clubs leagal people be all over this, given the finance lost Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tollboy-noey 50 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 sorry about the spelling ha ha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimoo 1,474 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Lol they were spunking all over them telling us how great a job they done getting the TV deal, it looks as if they went into the meeting, got bitch slapped and were told they would be footing the bill or else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 No Rangers = No TV deal Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprotson11 147 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Watch the spin on this. The soap dodgers et al will claim this was a SPL conspiracy to keep Rangers in the limelight. What they are all missing is, that without the £700k 'rebate', there would have been no TV deal at all. It's that simple, and just as we all knew, without Rangers, there is no Scottish Football.Just thinking back to the plaudits that Doncaster and Liewell received after their trip to London to secure the TV deal/sell the jerseys.They are already spinning it Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
one55 1,510 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Hahaha. What would they have done if we had died? No TV money! I like that because we were put down the leagues that it cost them hundreds of thousands of K's. They can't blame us. THEY VOTED to put us down. So it's their own fault.ALL ABOUT THE FAMOUS GLASGOW RANGERS!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavieCooperMemorial 33 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 How does this fit in with the "sack the manager, we're shite" mob? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tollboy-noey 50 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 On a serious note-- Liewell -dumster -regan should be chased out of Scottish Football.Surely sponsers have seen that, BT ,SKY have shown them up to be Idiots. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,441 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 How does this fit in with the "sack the manager, we're shite" mob?What do our inept managerial and coaching staff have to do with this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,248 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Thought you were talking about Toure's birthday present. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumnockbear 2,446 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 No Rangers...... no deal simple as that, the tarriers can put what ever spin they want on it, the glesga jap will be beelin, it's all about the biggest show in town..... It's all about the Rangers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio 1,199 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 What the record missed, was that the highest viewing figures for those two seasons were games involving the Rangers. Rangers V Brechin got more viewers than Aberdeen V the taigs... true Story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moraybluenose 99 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I love how they are trying to say we cost them money, when they should be saying we made them money! Without us they are royally fucked and they know it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drenth 21 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Tims in work were spewing about this -thus morning Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullyRFC 5,230 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 How does this fit in with the "sack the manager, we're shite" mob?We were even shiter live on TV. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JäGERmeister 33 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 No wonder they are trying to get their hands on the SFA's cash. Alternatively we should probably expect a 750k fine for bringing the game into disrepute. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR1979 1,964 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The details revealed finally of a deal done 2 yrs ago. Can remember when the deal was signed and Doncaster and Liewell were lauded as saving the sky deal.Finally got the real story 2 yrs later and after a restructure to the whole league set up.Scared to tell the story of how Rangers being put in third division is costing them more money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapone 7,678 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 sorry about the spelling ha ha.We do have an edit button, just saying! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDubs 21 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Pardon my ignorance, but does anyone know what percentage of that 15 mil we get? Because if the SPFL's television deal is contingent on Rangers being televised, then Rangers should get at least the same cut as the top flight teams, probably more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchy 1,200 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Where is the outcry from all them Scottish football fans as to the arse job that dungcatcher, ray gun and their cohorts and near ruination of the game in Scotland. It was pish before, but now they're having to pay for it to be shown, mainly because of their actions.Sack them now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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