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Listed below are comments made by i-amsoccerdoc between Wednesday, 15th July 2009 and Wednesday, 15th July 2009.

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One football team, but no opposition 5:19pm on 15 Jul 2009 There are so many freelances and facilities companies that they could contract with for specific matches, that I dont think they would really need SMG.
Your point about internet rights is an interesting one, and might be a delivery mechanism to the Scottish diaspora who want to keep with the doings of Perth Saints play Killie)
I would hope to that they could show a professional outlook on this - though it would be the first time for a long time. Lets hope the new man coming in to replace Lex Gold can accomplish this.
One football team, but no opposition 1:38pm on 15 Jul 2009 Where are SMG going to get this money from? All we hear from them is the sale of more assets. I dont really see terrestrial TV as being the saviour of Scottish football. There is just not enough money in it - especially with the recession and the consequences for advertising.
Nor is a UK deal, of the sort that Sky or ESPN might offer, likely to improve things all that much, as, if we are being honest, the product isnt that attractive. The rights for the OF games are probably the "jewel in the crown", but how many viewers will (and no disrespect to these clubs - there are loads of other examples) St Johnston playing Kilmarnock on a wet Wednesday night bring in? The fact is that Sky have pretty much got the UK market for TV tied up. The govt should do something about it, but wont because they wouldnt want to upset Murdoch (particularly with an election coming up). Scottish football just isnt a big enough deal that we can rely on the European Commission to take as much interest in the competitiveness of its TV deal, particularly as it attracts little interest elsewhere in Europe (unlike the Premiership).
One route for the game up here to make some additional funds is to actively seek to sell rights in places like Canada, South Africe and Australia - in other words, anywhere there is a significant Scottish population. Managing that kind of delivery might generate additional funds, but I am unsure if the SPL has focused on that issue with enough precision.
But why Rangers and Celtic? Why not the SPL itself? A Rangers and Celtic option would give them an even bigger share of tv revenue than they have now. If we assume that it wont run at a loss (a big assumption, but on the other hand I dont see the OF signing up for something they know will make a loss) then as well as the share of the tv revenue that they would get as SPL members, they would ALSO gain any profit that was made, so further unbalancing the Scottish game - which is one of the reasons it is seen as unattractive. If this could be a profitable venture then why are the SPL not doing it and distributing resources to ALL its members instead of further enriching two of them?

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