Money in the Scottish game

[John65]

There have been lots of accusations about Celtic milking the pot etc, but I confess I'm not exactly sure how the money is split. Everyone else on here seems to know, so perhaps someone could tell me which bits they find unfair?
For the record, I believe that home gate money should be kept by the home side, and everything else split equally. There should be some reward for achievement though.

[DITA]

Interesting. And addressed in a thread a bit further down the page.

Perhaps if you actually read people's posts, instead of routinely trying to act the big one (and only succeeding in making yourself look like a complete tool), you might not need to ask questions that have already been answered.

But for your ease:

[quote="DITA"]A couple of interesting points being brought up there Ian.

And you're correct with all of them.

The biggest issue that needs addressing is the mahoosive size difference in budgets between Celtic and the rest of Scotland.

Its been said before, and it'll be said again (in countless years to come), but equal distribution of TV money, league sponsorship and even gate (Cup games only, distributed equally with all competing teams) money would do a great deal to address the issue.

Of course clubs had the chance to change all this, when they voted a few years back on changing the 11-1 voting rules; they decided to stay the same (the sh

[John65]

[quote="DITA"]Interesting. And addressed in a thread a bit further down the page.

Perhaps if you actually read people's posts, instead of routinely trying to act the big one (and only succeeding in making yourself look like a complete tool), you might not need to ask questions that have already been answered.

But for your ease:

[quote="DITA"]A couple of interesting points being brought up there Ian.

And you're correct with all of them.

The biggest issue that needs addressing is the mahoosive size difference in budgets between Celtic and the rest of Scotland.

Its been said before, and it'll be said again (in countless years to come), but equal distribution of TV money, league sponsorship and even gate (Cup games only, distributed equally with all competing teams) money would do a great deal to address the issue.

Of course clubs had the chance to change all this, when they voted a few years back on changing the 11-1 voting ru

[DeezAreGood]

The turnover of the SPFL is about 25m, a third of the turnover of Celtic. There is no chance of clubs being equal in money terms at the moment, if I was in charge, I'd stop Celtic and Rangers from setting up scouting operations outside Glasgow, allow the local clubs the chance of developing the best talent in their own area. To fuel the anti-OF paranoia, I'd speculate that Rangers and Celtic always devalued the 'product' when it came to the likes of Sky and BT Sport, as giving more money to the diddies is not in their best interest

[John65]

The turnover of the SPFL is about 25m, a third of the turnover of Celtic. There is no chance of clubs being equal in money terms at the moment, if I was in charge, I'd stop Celtic and Rangers from setting up scouting operations outside Glasgow, allow the local clubs the chance of developing the best talent in their own area. To fuel the anti-OF paranoia, I'd speculate that Rangers and Celtic always devalued the 'product' when it came to the likes of Sky and BT Sport, as giving more money to the diddies is not in their best interest

Are there any reliable sources that can be checked on?
I understand that many people think it is unfair, but it is difficult to see what is unfair about it when there seems to be no accurate breakdown of figures as to who gets what...

[DeezAreGood]

before Rangers went bust, the OF were taking 33% of the pot between them. it's changed now, Celtic will get around 14%, 2nd place gets around 9%, and then the % decreases as you go down the league. even if Celtic didn't get 3m prize money from the SPFL, there's still the small matter of the other 70m they get from other sources. no idea why folk keep bringing this up, to be honest, the decision was made in the 80s to keep home gate money and that's it. - view external link

[DITA]

[quote="John65"]Interesting. And addressed in a thread a bit further down the page.

Perhaps if you actually read people's posts, instead of routinely trying to act the big one (and only succeeding in making yourself look like a complete tool), you might not need to ask questions that have already been answered.

But for your ease:

[quote="DITA"]A couple of interesting points being brought up there Ian.

And you're correct with all of them.

The biggest issue that needs addressing is the mahoosive size difference in budgets between Celtic and the rest of Scotland.

Its been said before, and it'll be said again (in countless years to come), but equal distribution of TV money, league sponsorship and even gate (Cup games only, distributed equally with all competing teams) money would do a great deal to address the issue.

Of course clubs had the chance to change all this, when they voted a f

[John65]

before Rangers went bust, the OF were taking 33% of the pot between them. it's changed now, Celtic will get around 14%, 2nd place gets around 9%, and then the % decreases as you go down the league. even if Celtic didn't get 3m prize money from the SPFL, there's still the small matter of the other 70m they get from other sources. no idea why folk keep bringing this up, to be honest, the decision was made in the 80s to keep home gate money and that's it.

I think that is fair, although I do think that any league sponsorship or cup sponsorship should be divvied up a bit more equally, even to the extent of doing it the other way around - so that the lowest placed team get the highest amount and the highest placed team get the lowest

[John65]

[quote="DITA"]Interesting. And addressed in a thread a bit further down the page.

Perhaps if you actually read people's posts, instead of routinely trying to act the big one (and only succeeding in making yourself look like a complete tool), you might not need to ask questions that have already been answered.

But for your ease:

[quote="DITA"]A couple of interesting points being brought up there Ian.

And you're correct with all of them.

The biggest issue that needs addressing is the mahoosive size difference in budgets between Celtic and the rest of Scotland.

Its been said before, and it'll be said again (in countless years to come), but equal distribution of TV money, league sponsorship and even gate (Cup games only, distributed equally with all competing teams) money would do a great deal to address the issue.

Of course clubs had the chan

[DeezAreGood]

I think that is fair, although I do think that any league sponsorship or cup sponsorship should be divvied up a bit more equally, even to the extent of doing it the other way around - so that the lowest placed team get the highest amount and the highest placed team get the lowest

the SPFL need to start trying to generate more money, rather than find 'fairer' ways of divvying up what's there now. unfortunately, it pays for the likes of Doncaster to keep making a case for Rangers' inclusion in the big league, so he's in no rush to sign up any bumper deals. not that any are on the table, but I'm sure he could have found someone to sponsor the top league if he'd wanted to.