RANGERRAB 3,252 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 One wonders if the SPFL can meet its financial obligations if it's getting this sort of bill from TV companies. It can't even get a sponsor either. When Doncaster & Liewell signed that derisory SKY deal at the start of last season to try & prove they didn't need Rangers they sold Scottish football down the river. Clubs in the top division are literally living hand to mouth on annual club wage bills of between £1m to £1.5m p.a. which is peanuts. Now there's this.......... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,372 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 It's all lies and scaremongering, the SPFL is booming!. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 5,825 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 I believe Neil Doncaster was given a rise in remuneration at the start of last season, £200,000 per annum. Further, I believe Neil, along with Peter Lawwell comprise the SPL TV rights committee. Remember, they were spotted boarding the London shuttle together at Glasgow. By the time they had landed, we had this new committee. Apparently, Neil could not be allowed to meet Sky without Peter holding his hand. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) I suppose BT played hardball during talks when we got heaved. But that was when the other clubs should have lived up to their tough guy act and told them to jog on. As usual, a total lack of guts. Edited February 19, 2017 by andy steel 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,252 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 the deal is apparently worth £15m p.a. - one EPL game is worth more than that !!!!! The Australian 'A' League gets double what the SPFL signed up to ............or should that be what Doncaster & Liewell signed up to 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc 280 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Absolutely. We've got the most lucrative TV deal in the world. It's just that nobody is allowed to see it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Absolutely. We've got the most lucrative TV deal in the world. It's just that nobody is allowed to see it. without a doubt....but lucrative for who??? not the SPFL or Scottish clubs..... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,372 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Revealed: Cost to SPFL of televising Rangers matches following Ibrox club's collapse sits at £725k May 21, 2014 07:12 By Keith Jackson THE 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 Rangers’ liquidation to stipulate it must include four Old Firm derbies a season. Our SPFL source said: “That stipulation had been part of all the SPL’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.” 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The then SPL were in a poor negotiating position back in the day and to keep what was the existing deal in place seems to have had costs (including this pyt.). .....This would seem to be because the TV company was giving up on benefits (OF matches). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,218 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 ... the league liable to additional production costs incurred setting up at lower league grounds. One would assume that these figures do not include games screened from Ibrox and e.g. East End Park (and that the SPFL chaps check that). It raises the question whether the SFA et al are liable to cover extra costs of TV companies for Scottish Cup games too? Has the SPFL actually got a main sponsor as yet? Wonder how their bank balance looks after this season ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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