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Scottish v English football

Doon frae Troon said:
It was quoted this week that the BBC's payment for coverage of the Scottish Leagues is less than what they are paying in an annual salary to a certain large eared fitba presenter.
Many folk will have a good laugh at this and say 'aye that is about right'.

If this is correct then once again it shows where the BBC priorities lie.
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Are you saying that Scottish football needs charity handouts? If the BBC pay the going rate, that's the fault of Scottish football for being so poor!
 
CheltenhamHacker said:
Are you saying that Scottish football needs charity handouts? If the BBC pay the going rate, that's the fault of Scottish football for being so poor!
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The BBC is not a charity.
Have you ever considered that Scottish football may be 'poor' due to the BBC's policy of paying astonishing amounts of money to cover English and Welsh football
 
Doon frae Troon said:
The BBC is not a charity.
Have you ever considered that Scottish football may be 'poor' due to the BBC's policy of paying astonishing amounts of money to cover English and Welsh football
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Companies will pay for a good product

Blaming the BBC for the state of scottish football gives you the perfect excuse to cover your eyes to the real problem
 
Scottish football is a poor thing, so there is no wonder it isn't televised etc as much as the EPL. The way to look at it would be, with the exception of maybe Celtic, would any of the Scottish Premiership do well in the EPL. I think we all know the answer would be a no. Even Celtic, in my opinion, would be a struggling mid-table side.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
The BBC is not a charity.
Have you ever considered that Scottish football may be 'poor' due to the BBC's policy of paying astonishing amounts of money to cover English and Welsh football
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Maybe they should show the games on BBC2 after midnight?

It would be interesting too see how may Scottish viewers would watch say Arsenal v Man U, instead of Inverness Cally v St. Johnstone, if on at the same time.
 
Wabinez said:
Scottish football is a poor thing, so there is no wonder it isn't televised etc as much as the EPL. The way to look at it would be, with the exception of maybe Celtic, would any of the Scottish Premiership do well in the EPL. I think we all know the answer would be a no. Even Celtic, in my opinion, would be a struggling mid-table side.
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Maybe to start with, but after 5-10 years of the EPL money, I think they would be challenging in the top 5.
 
Liverbirdie said:
Maybe they should show the games on BBC2 after midnight?

It would be interesting too see how may Scottish viewers would watch say Arsenal v Man U, instead of Inverness Cally v St. Johnstone, if on at the same time.
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Not really a fair comparison using two of the worst-supported Scottish teams against two of the biggest English ones...

Pretty sure more would watch Celtic v Aberdeen than Hull v West Brom, for example
 
Doon frae Troon said:
:lol: Do keep up.
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here you go again!

You post at 3.49pm, I reply 2 hrs later and you post this above (the next day at 9.09)

I do wonder what world you live in! Plus you dodged (avoided) the question in my post, but then again you are well known for avoidance then posting drivel so I don't know why I'm surprised.
 
CMAC said:
here you go again!

You post at 3.49pm, I reply 2 hrs later and you post this above (the next day at 9.09)

I do wonder what world you live in! Plus you dodged (avoided) the question in my post, but then again you are well known for avoidance then posting drivel so I don't know why I'm surprised.
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:lol: Calm down...it's only a forum
 
Imurg said:
Maybe you should talk to Sky - they seem to have a bit of cash to splash.....
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I think there's a more significant issue there. Sky pay significantly more for Rugby league coverage, for example, than SPFL despite less interest / lower ratings for the rugby.

The numpties running Scottish Football clearly undervalued the tv rights. One of their many failings.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
England 17th in the World Rankings, Scotland 39th..........not such a divide if you consider the massive difference in funding.
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Irrelevant - that's national teams.

Understand this thread was about the differencd between the two leagues and the vast gulf in quality.
 
anyone watch the Scottish League cup final yesterday? wasn't it a cracker of a match?

Don't teams agree beforehand about who's taking a penalty or was it just me that was embarrassed by the playground antics of who was taking the penalty. Worked out well for the selfish guy who just hung onto the ball:rolleyes:
 
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