I’ve made a decision.<\/p>\n
I’m going to cancel Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
And I’m going to tell them why.<\/p>\n
Firstly, because I can think of better things to spend forty seven quid a month on.<\/p>\n
Secondly, because the money isn’t going to Celtic. Or even to Scottish football.<\/p>\n
And finally, because on the occasions that I can get to the game, they’ve moved the kick off time around so they can fit the English games in.<\/p>\n
Thats the English Premiership. The one that just got \u00a35 billion from sky, which in turn has forced them to put the prices up,<\/p>\n
Which is why Southampton, Norwich and Swansea could offer better contracts to Celtic’s best players.<\/p>\n
Which is also why the other clubs in Scotland cannot compete with second tier English clubs when it comes to wages.<\/p>\n
Celtic are a big club. But we are not a novelty act for a television station.<\/p>\n
I don’t want the occasional nod of the head to our special atmosphere.<\/p>\n
I’m sick of the “how would they get on in England with a support \u00a0like that ?”,<\/p>\n
You know something ? They know exactly what would happen if a “support like that ” was in the Premiership.<\/p>\n
It would tip the balance of power.<\/p>\n
It would destroy the status quo.<\/p>\n
And its’s something that won’t happen because turkeys don’t vote for Christmas.<\/p>\n
With Sky money, and a worldwide support, the balance of power would shift north.<\/p>\n
They don’t want that.<\/p>\n
But they will keep taking our money.<\/p>\n
And giving it to someone else. Swansea. Southampton, Norwich.<\/p>\n
So, you would think they would offer suitable recompense.<\/p>\n
Er, no.<\/p>\n
Celtic get around \u00a31m a year.<\/p>\n
The rest get sweetie money.<\/p>\n
They take a little short of fifty quid a month from our bank accounts, cleverly disguised as \u00a0part of a package, where we can also watch the same film at the same time every night of the week.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I pay for Sky because I can’t make every game.<\/p>\n
So do you.<\/p>\n
And almost every penny goes to the English clubs who take away our players every time we think we are building a team capable of competing in Europe. Instead of a squad of players hungry for success, and its consequent rewards, we end up with players who believe the rewards are purely financial.<\/p>\n
Scottish football is very much the poor relation of its bigger , more lucrative neighbor , and we are contributing to it.<\/p>\n
It’s time to put a stop to it.<\/p>\n
It’s time for every single supporter of Scottish football to cancel their subscription, because out of that forty seven pounds a month, most of it is financing the move of your favourite player away from your club.<\/p>\n
Worse than that, its paying Neil McCanns wage.<\/p>\n
Don’t put it off.<\/p>\n
Cancel Sky, and stop paying towards the death of Scottish football.<\/p>\n
Enough is enough.<\/p>\n
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