This morning was one of those, ‘why bother?’ times. The English game, already flooded with cash, is about to get a 70% pay increase. Our game, already ravaged by the destruction of meritocracy over the last decade, will be ever-more firmly put in its place.
Good for the English. They are notoriously rubbish at running football clubs but eventually there will be an amount of money which is so great, that they will become successful at it, if not actually ‘good’. The Premiership’s bounty is historic, the trickle-down to the Football League will be eye-watering by any other measure. The distribution to grass-roots football to build pitches, fund youth clubs and generally improve the technical proficiency at all levels, will be lavish, even if it is only 2%.
The economic impact at 20 Premier League locations will be significant. These games are worth tens of millions of pounds to host cities each year, employing hundreds of people from security guards to Bentley salesmen. On announcing the deal, Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore, proclaimed that Burnley were currently economically more significant than Ajax, an astonishing fact. Before the new deal!
Scottish football can cry in its Magners or we can play with the hand we’ve been dealt. The first reaction has to be to clearly establish that Scottish football’s exclusion from riches available in the England and Wales’ football league structure is not the fault of the English (or Welsh). In the last decade the FA Premier League made it clear they didn’t want Celtic and Rangers, but the English and Welsh FAs, or the Football League, have not given any opinion on extending their federation to include Scottish football.
The immediate problem in Scottish football, is those running Scottish football have failed to address creeping structural threats. Those running our game are, to a significant degree, happy with their club blazer, tickets for Hampden occasions and of a Scot having a one-in-four chance of becoming a vice president of Fifa.
It may appear obvious to you and me that becoming part of the big game next door, allowing our better clubs (and I mean more than just Celtic) to compete for a place in the top league, for many of the rest to enjoy the enormously improved commercial deals available in the Football League, for the community clubs to plug themselves into the bountiful distributed benefits available over the border, and for our cities to benefit from the economic boom available for hosting a Premiership club, is enormously desirable. Those running our game have not figured this out yet.
So don’t blame the English, our exclusion from the party is a consequence of Scottish football not asking to join the English and Welsh structure. Until this question is asked, we’ll never know the answer and we will continue to face financial hardship, our towns will not benefit from the indoor facilities being built across Europe, and Bentley salespeople will have more time on their hands.
Scottish football needs a strategy for structural change. Such a move would benefit the entire game here, and would benefit the Football League. Every other response of comment on yesterday’s TV deal is just a distraction.
Looking forward to tonight, hope we see Gary and/or Stuart.
If you’ve not booked your CQN11 St Patrick’s Dinner, which is on Cup Final weekend, Friday 13 March, at the Kerrydale Suite, email me, celticquicknews@gmail.com
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jimbo67
Never noticed!
Hope you are well!
We can all have our own visions of what would be ideal in terms of TV revenue.The biggest problem is,our population.We are too small for the likes of Sky to bother about.When we look at the attendances,they are not too bad when you put it,per head of population.
In this climate we can help ourselves a bit more.Never again gamble on the CL qualifiers.We MUST plan ahead better.The money now can rake us in closer to the 25-30 million total.A good domestic product getting 45,000 at home games.Scrap Celtic TV and sell our games to the rest of the world,at say £5 per game.100,000 viewers is surely not an impossible figure.Instead of a stupid banner telling us “More than a club”taking up thousands of seats,an unemployed family section,say a father and two kids for £10.Whats the problem with this?.We can make money ourselves.For years I have been baffled by the lack of willingness by present and past boards not to do more.
The standing area!!!!!!.I know we have had problems getting it passed,but we should be knocking down doors on this subject.Maybe we are,but how would we know?.
As long as we keep on feeling sorry for our lot,nothing will change.Its in our own hands to do better.
GM-was in the cafe ;)))
Alfie Noakes
14:23
our national team labelled as a permanent non-qualifying joke.
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The only permanent non qualifying joke around here is you pal.
You seemed to be strangely quiet on the politics last week when the polls showed an annihilation coming up for Jim Murphy and his right wing cronies. It appears your message isn’t getting across Alfie. Maybe you should try being more aggressive and more condescending in your tone of comment. Yes that is definitely what you should do.
Alfie Noakes1423
A one-dimensional view (yes, it is) restricts objectivity.
HH
Any team news?
It would be nice to see the new bhoys feature.
The sooner they get some game time, the sooner they will fit in with the system.
I am of course assuming that their fitness is up to Ronny’s high standard.
Philboy
Am fine sir after a wee lung infection there. Off the drink 40 days now – and not missing it as much as I thought I would. The Hootenannies could by tricky. ( Or as this is a financial decision not a heath one I could just drink at them!)
Hope you are well
Jimbo67
JIMBO67
Aye,Paul frustrated me nearly as much as Tommy Callaghan did!
He’d be a star today with his record though.
http://www.thecelticwiki.com/m/page/Wilson,+Paul
Turkeybhoy
Good post!
Can we sell viewing rights our matches that fall under SPFL or UEFA without their permission and if we got permission would we need to cut the bar stewards a slice of the pie?
philbhoy-i posted the other day after Lambias banned them, we should have done the same a long time ago.Years ago it was perceived by clubs, that the rags were giving them free advertising for upcoming games, look how the media has changed in the last 10 years, and where people get their news from? They need us, more than we need them.HH
JOHNNYTHETIM
Thanks for that info,mate. If he is the killer-btw,I have no reason to doubt it-at least Mrs Campbell’s family have some form of closure.
Bada,
Touche :)
Philbhoy,
In my expert opinion Armstrong will play if kc is the only mid-front injury.
HH
!!BadaBing!!
I want them banned and most of the rest, but how do we get the club to do it?
jimbo67-made me laugh there ;)
philbhoy-seemingly they are lying about in the Kerrydale Bar pre-match…..
jimbo67
Sorry to hear you were unwell, however, off the drink for 40 days! Well done!
Mibbe see you again at the next Scottish based Hoot!
Take care!
50 seats for the SNP at the next parliament,holding the balance of power,would be the best chance of holding the BBC,at least to account.Forcing a government debate on the unfairness of the money allocation to Scottish sport.Not an impossible dream
We could let Alfie Noakes speak on the subject.With Ernie as his info gatherer.
Oh yes.
sandman
14:27 on 11 February, 2015
Only a matter of time…..
ALFIE NOAKES
Yer some man. My Dad has only ever made one critical post against another member of this blog.
Guess who? Aye,you.
On top of that,yer incessant pash even has me wondering whether voting Labour in three months time is the right thing to do.
Keep on going on,let Nicola Sturgeon know your strategy. She’ll be very grateful.
She may even invite you to her victory parade,a victory parade handed to her on a plate by such as yourself.
Some key figures that the more rabid among us will no doubt be in complete ignorance about.
BBC Scotland raises £300 million in licence fee money.
BBC Scotland spends £200 million on Scottish output, and/or Scottish-made network output.
Therefore the viewers in Scotland get complete access to all BBC UK out put for basically a third of the licence fee – approx £48 per year, or, if you like, slightly less than £1 per week.
If we were not in the UK and had to subscribe to BBC TV, my guess is that it would cost around £35 per month = £420 per year, or nearly ten times as much.
Exactly where would Scotland find the money to pay for Football TV
Pie in the sky – nonsense !
Apropos our new players, I was in the gym this morning (David Lloyd, Ethiebeaton, Dundee), and upon seeing Ryan Gow and a few youngsters from Dundee Utd – they use this gym regularly – it got me wondering whether Peter Houston might have had some influence on the signings of GMS and SA. I saw his management team fairly often in there having a coffee after their gym sessions. Regardless, looking forward to them getting a run out tonight.
HH
friesdorfer
14:12 on 11 February, 2015
Hollywood has been producing a better product than our own home grown efforts for years
Nobody is calling for a boycott of Hollywood produced products
As for a solution that was lost in late 60s and early 70s when more gate money went towards reinforcing old family dynasties rather than reinforcing our stature as a major European competitor
Philbhoy
14:35 on
11 February, 2015
Turkeybhoy
Good post!
Can we sell viewing rights our matches that fall under SPFL or UEFA without their permission and if we got permission would we need to cut the bar stewards a slice of the pie?
We do it now abroad with Celtic TV.All games are shown.When I said “Scrap “I meant change the format.More professional,pay per view,match to match.
ALFIE
If yer gonny insist on coming out wi spurious nonsense it is wise not to include the words ‘my guess is’ as part of your argument.
It just makes you look styoooooopit.
We get a maximum £2M from tv rights. We are currently up to £7.5M down on ST sales. Find a way to break the deal. Bring the people back to the ground.
Eyes Wide Open
14:15 on
11 February, 2015
Holiday, heading to Donegal but thought i should show him some of the coast otherwise i will head due west and maybe stop in Dungiven??
HH
BBhoy
BMCUW
Did ye no mean “mair styoooooooopit”?
BMCUWP
TC? Used to go to the same church as I did. Top bloke who once helped my mammy with her shopping.Not the greatest player it must be said but so bad he scored a goal on the last night we qualified for the European Cup semi final against Basle. And an absolute cracker at Ibrox on my tenth birthday. We had higher standards then I fear.
Philbhoy
Hope to see you there.
Jimbo67
Alfie Noakes
14:45 on
11 February, 2015
It would be virtually impossible for BBC England to prevent the people of Scotland receiving the broadcasts for free. Ask the people of Ireland, Benelux and Northern France.
weeminger
14:47 on
11 February, 2015
We get a maximum £2M from tv rights. We are currently up to £7.5M down on ST sales. Find a way to break the deal. Bring the people back to the ground.
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Signing as many of the best young players in the country is one way to do that. Armstrong and GMS a good start, we’ve missed a few down the years.
HH
BMCUW
The game against Hibs at Easter Road in February 1974 mentioned in Paul Wilson’s celtic wiki entry, I remember only too well. I was there and the crowd WAS 48,000.
The place was heaving.
If I remember correctly Dixie scored two and Kenny scored the other.
HH!!
weeminger
14:47 on 11 February, 2015
We get a maximum £2M from tv rights. We are currently up to £7.5M down on ST sales. Find a way to break the deal. Bring the people back to the ground.
I agree, but only drastically reducing ST prices, is going to do that, and as you know it’s just not practical, HH
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS,
You better believe that the “Victory parade”is an absolute certainty.For me,someone who was once a Labour activist,the disaster coming Labours way,could not happen to a better party.For over 20 years,they have disgraced the name.
My wee bit of politics finished for the foreseeable future.
Tallybhoy
Is that the day it snowed?
A freezing cold day if my memory serves me well.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
14:43 on
11 February, 2015
ALFIE NOAKES
Yer some man. My Dad has only ever made one critical post against another member of this blog.
Guess who? Aye,you.
On top of that,yer incessant pash even has me wondering whether voting Labour in three months time is the right thing to do.
Keep on going on,let Nicola Sturgeon know your strategy. She’ll be very grateful.
She may even invite you to her victory parade,a victory parade handed to her on a plate by such as yourself.
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You and all the others who have a go at me, NEVER NEVER, attempt to argue point for point, or, fact for fact – all I get is the usual puerile name-calling and anecdotes from other people – if you want to discuss seriously, I will be happy to accommodate you – but you never do.
You have to get used to the facts of life – other people may hold different views than you – in fact 2,000,000 did only FIVE months ago!
!!Bada Bing!!
14:52 on
11 February, 2015
I’m talking about not televising the games at all.
I bet we’d gain at least the number of STs required to cover the loss of revenue from TV and potentially a whole lot more.
mickbhoy 1888 at 1445
I don’t recall mentioning a boycott, although other posters may have. We are dealing in the here and now, Hollywood and family dynasties of the 60s and 70s are hardly relevant. What is needed is a sustainable solution for the future (hate that phrase: going forward!). I don’t pretend that I have a that solution necessarily, but I did put up my view. It would be good to hear yours.
HH
JIMBO67
To be fair,I didn’t say TC was rotten,I said he frustrated me. In fact,he divided the support like no other player in my lifetime.
The consensus on The Garryowen was that if he is good enough for Jock,he’s good enough for us. Take yer medicine.
In modern parlance,though,he would be appreciated more as ‘the water-carrier’ a comment meant as a compliment by Cantona.
Or,as Jock said,you’ll win nothing with eleven Harry Hoods or Charlie Gallachers…