Ground breaking? More like heart breaking- Fans left gutted by SPFL deal with Sky Sports
Scottish football fans were dejected by the announcement that from 2020/21 Sky Sports will ave exclusive coverage of SPFL matches.
With Kris Boyd and Kris Commons fronting their coverage which generally ends within ten minutes of the final whistle Sky Sports have taken a pounding across social media.
Over the last three years Chris Sutton has become the must-watch pundit in the Scottish game with BT Sport building much of their coverage on the back of the former Celtic striker.
Ground-breaking? More like Heart-breaking ????????????????
— Pingu ???????????????????????????? (@BeansAndPitta) November 19, 2018
How much is ground breaking ? The EFL just got £595million for the Championship & lower leagues surely they didn’t manage to get near it for the @spfl ? But if they did it’s looking good for Scottish football
— Joseph Morrison (@morry247) November 19, 2018
Gutted by that. BT Sports actually cared about the game in Scotland, Sky Sports see it as merely something to fill space, they couldn’t care less about presenting Scottish football well at all.
— ??Smiley Smile?? (@rightupya) November 19, 2018
Ground-breaking yet don’t tell you the figures of the deal… Sky are quick to publish what they will pay English clubs…. Why so slow with out details
— Tony CFC (@Green_Curve67) November 19, 2018
Ignoring the fans again you mean….Scottish football is a joke and now sky has the authority to show wrong club crests, name the wrong teams, do little game build up, cut short after match analysis and belittle our game for the sake of the poxy EPL… #shambles
— MB (@2lssiafb) November 19, 2018
The new deal will give Sky Sports 48 live matches as well as coverage of the end of season play-offs.
Last week The Sun reported that the Sky Sports package was worth £100m which is around a 50% hike on the current deal which is worth around £21m a season.
Clubs in England are currently debating a £115/year deal for the EFL with the Premiership deal worth around £10m per live match.