10 SPL clubs, egged on by the media, have given in to the knee-jerk reactions of their massed legions of fans and voted to force Rangers to play elsewhere next season. No thoughts of "there but for the grace of Sky Sports goes our club". No concern for their own precarious financial states. No acceptance that there are only four reasons for Sky's contract to show the SPL - the four Old Firm games. No worries that they have themselves set a precedent for what will happen when (not if) more clubs are declared bankrupt. Any not even a thought for SFL clubs, whatever division Rangers end up in, who must now face not only a gross distortion of competition, but who will doubtless see any monetary benefit of a visit from the Gers more than wiped out by the accompanying police bill. But hey, when they've all gone to the wall without a TV contract, at least they'll have their "sporting integrity" for comfort.

It's already being discussed in depth on the Scottish Football 2011-12 thread in some detail.

I wouldn't be talking about distortion of competition given Murray's shenanigans though.

Barnstoneworth wrote:


Yeah, don't these idiots understand that Rangers are too big to fail and that principles are expensive things?

It's time for Sky Sports to get rid of football supporters who have severely distorted the market with their knee jerk reactions.

Actually, is this that Evan cunt back after a ban?

It's time for Sky Sports to get rid of football supporters who have severely distorted the market with their knee jerk reactions. perhaps they could bring in some supporters from some other area- like Amateur dramtics or ten pin bowling. Or the churches- perhaps in addition to Catholic and Protestant teams they could bring in a Muslim and a Jewish team to maximise sectarian appeal- Sky Atlantic could help recruit teams from the Sopranos the Wire Mad Men and Game of Thrones to ensure maximum violence and drama on and off the pitch

Fuck 'em.

Barnstoneworth wrote:

God forbid that it's not about the money and it's actually about the football.

We're fully aware of the ramifications of the vote, god knows the mainstream media have painted the doomsday scenario very graphically on a daily basis since Rangers went into administration nearly 5 months ago.
But even though there will be collateral damage, we're up for change, there's a sense of a real watershed moment having happened today.

And Evan...you're still a c*nt.

Barnstoneworth wrote:



Hey, let's make it 8 reasons, or 16, to tune into Sky's Scottish football coverage. A four-team top division, with an Old Firm game every other weekend, punctuated by warm-up games in between against Hearts and [note to junior editor - who are the other team in Scottish football - something Thistle?] is just what all you fans of Scottish "fitba" have been waiting for!

I don't know what the contract is like, but who gives a crap what Sky think? In 2017, Rangers will probably be back in some form, and the TV landscape could be much different. For all we know Sky could be a pimple on Al Jazeera's ass.

I take it that Barnstoneworth launched his presence here with a bit of satire, perhaps inspired by thought processes hat make Alan Partridge so compelling a figurte of fiction.

Well played, Barnstoneworth.

Well if clubs being rightly bundled out of the league provokes hilariously whiny posts like that one, I reckon we should bin one big club a month.
I vote Man Utd next, then Celtic, then to keep everyone sweet, Liverpool can go 3rd. (I'll only be jumping the gun by 6 months.)

They should do it by play off hobbes and sell the rights to Sky.

Al Jazeera are the new jam, apparently.

Turkeys have taste.

And I wouldn't mind betting that Barnestoneworth has done the rounds posting that same bit of spite on loads of other football websites. And, anyway, wasn't the plot of the Ripping Yarns episode where the above miseryguts took his nom-de-plume from a stirring tale of the eternally triumphless minnow finally socking it to a big fish?

He probably has, and I'm willing to bet that an awful lot of people over at F365 agreed.

For fans of smaller Scottish clubs, it must indeed feel something like Christmas.