SPFL TV deal about to collapse due to Rangers failed vote.

[Zaquria]

The SPFL have are set to hold an emergency meeting after Rangers failed to respond to a midnight deadline on Sunday to vote on a resolution to extend the current TV deal with Sky Sports. Top flight clubs were given 28 days to respond to the resolution and the Scottish Daily Mail reports that while 11 sides agreed to the request, there was no answer from Ibrox chiefs which resulted in the resolution collapsing.

That led to Hampden chiefs calling an urgent summit with the £30million a year deal now thrown into serious doubt. The report continues that clubs “were also asked to provide a letter of waiver agreeing to let Sky increase the number of home games they show from each ground each season from four to five”.

Under the proposed new deal, by season 2028/29 broadcasting giants Sky Sports would increase their payment from £25m to £30m while also having the ability to show a maximum of 60 games – up from 48 – from 2024/25.

Rangers are said to have concerns that the SPFL haven’t invited other companies to bid and the league body will now hold an emergency meeting with one option to change the rule so an 11-1 majority would be required to vote it through - but that would require a vote of all 42 SPFL clubs.

The Ibrox side were involved in a bitter sponsorship row with league chiefs after they agreed a deal with cinch, which Rangers argued was in conflict with one of their own deals. That resulted in the SPFL being forced renegotiate. Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson also accused those on Hampden’s sixth floor of underselling the Scottish Premiership and clearly have reservations over this latest proposal.

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[dblair]

I have to say I agree with rangers here if they haven’t voted due to the lack of any other “bids” sky have us over a barrel again since BT sport pulled out ad think they can take anything they want for peanuts. About time the SPFL board grew some balls and actually tried to find a better deal 

[markthedee]

While Rangers’ motivations are always to be questioned, there’s no denying their overall point is sound. 

I see the SPFL are now wanting to change the rules to force this Sky deal through, which involves a vote of all 42 clubs. I sincerely hope we vote against as one of the clubs that’s been trying to drive change. 

[TheDarkBlues]

 

 

[andrak]

2 hours ago, markthedee said:

While Rangers’ motivations are always to be questioned, there’s no denying their overall point is sound. 

I agree with this. Maybe this is the time when we get some change in how the game is run and marketed.

Rangers motives are of course, self-serving and almost certainly related to one or more of their Directors, but this is a disruption to normal service which presents an opportunity.

I'm not convinced that we should be the club that tries to use a vote to force change again. It is a thankless task and we have suffered to a ridiculous degree, sometimes even from our own fans. I doubt there is a fully formed backbone in any of the other club boardrooms around the country with the influence to make a difference.

The whole Deloitte review and strategy report commissioned by the (not big enough) big five seems to have been mainstreamed very quickly. I was really struck by how astonishingly unambitious it was. Having distributable revenue move from 28.4 to £50m by 2029 is actually a real terms cut if inflation remains on average around 10%.

There really is no exciting vision being put forward. Rangers would literally kill the whole industry in persuit of their own hubris-fuelled delusions of greatness and Celtic will behave like it is all beneath them while working like mad behind the scenes to make sure they continue to walk off with the lion's share of anything going and everyone else is kept on or just below the breadline.

I don't know what the answer is, but at least this might create a little crack that one of the other TV companies could squeeze through and introduce some form of challenge to the Old Firm/Sky/SPFL troika who are determined to control football in this country for their own benefit.

It is only a little crack, but at least if nothing changes, we could all at least try smoking it and maybe it won't seem so terrible afterall.

[Double Blue]

"...Rangers would literally kill the whole industry in persuit of their own hubris-fuelled delusions of greatness..."           

I think Ajax burst that bubble on Wednesday. Back to the subject in hand I wouldn't trust the SFA/SPFL to win a good deal and market the game effectively BUT I would never trust Rangers, or Celtic for that matter, who are 100% focussed on what is best for them.

[BCram]

14 hours ago, Double Blue said:

"...Rangers would literally kill the whole industry in persuit of their own hubris-fuelled delusions of greatness..."           

I think Ajax burst that bubble on Wednesday. Back to the subject in hand I wouldn't trust the SFA/SPFL to win a good deal and market the game effectively BUT I would never trust Rangers, or Celtic for that matter, who are 100% focussed on what is best for them.

Ajax have put them firmly in their place. Just as you say. I wish we knew what was best for DFC. DeeTV is trying to stop locals using vpn identities to watch games live. How can our club get fans through the doors when there is a viable option of watching games on live streams?