Celtic Rumours Archive March 28 2012

28 Mar 2012 13:56:19
Ed,

Can you explain exactly how ALL monies are divided up between the clubs in the SPL?
{Ed007's Note - All revenues generated by the SPL are effectively put into one pot. A support payment to the SFL and parachute payments to recently relegated clubs are then deducted from that pot. All associated costs of running the SPL are also deducted.

The remaining amount is split two ways to the member clubs: 48% is divided equally between all 12 clubs while 52% is distributed to teams dependent upon their final league position. The higher up the table that a club finishes, the more money they will receive. Here is the overall percentages:

1 - 4% + 13% = 17%
2 - 4% + 11% = 15%
3 - 4% + 5.5% = 9.5%
4 - 4% + 4.5% = 8.5%
5 - 4% + 4.0% = 8.0%
6 - 4% + 3.5% = 7.5%
7 - 4% + 3.0% = 7.0%
8 - 4% + 2.5% = 6.5%
9 - 4% + 2.0% = 6.0%
10 - 4% + 1.5% = 5.5%
11 - 4% + 1.0% = 5.0%
12 - 4% + 0.5% = 4.5%

Where does the SPL generate their monies from Ed? Thanks. {Ed007's Note - TV & radio, sponsorship deals, advertising and merchandise}

Why not split it more evenly?

TV money etc makes up a miniscule part of our yearly income. Yet it could allow smaller clubs to improve their facilities, bring on youth players, maybe even attract more fans to the stadiums.

I dont agree with splitting the home gates as strongly but I think if it was handled sensibly it could work. There would need to be some way of ensuring that at least some of the money was used towards improving the infrastructure of the clubs rather than just on bringing in journeyman foreign players to try and keep up with each other rather than nurturing their own young players (that's how scottish football was killed in the first place, in my opinion, because of the Souness 'buy the league' era at Rangers).

Mac

By all means split the tv monies etc more evenly. But I pay my season ticket money to Celtic and that's where it should stay!

An even spread of the TV money should lead to a higher standard of players being signed, a more competative league and therefore a better standard of games to watch for the fans overall however I should imagine the OF will fight tooth and nail to prevent this from happening through fear of missing out on their Champions League money.The 10 have already said that sharing gate receipts is not on the agenda nor should it be. {Ed007's Note - Better coaching at youth level would save millions and improve our game, TV money is taken out of the equation.}

I'm sure if Motherwell where to finish 2nd they won't be complain to much. If thats the way the payout system is then it looks ok to me. Is it not right that the winners of a league and the runners up get more in revenue for being the best teams in the league. It's up to others to split the old firm on the field not off it. If Rangers struggle for a few yrs after admin then surely it opens the door for the other teams to take 1st or 2nd place to get the bigger bucks.

I would change the allocation slightly...
To this.
1 - 4% + 12% = 16%
2 - 4% + 7.0% = 11%
3 - 4% + 5.5% = 9.5%
4 - 4% + 5.0% = 9.0%
5 - 4% + 4.5% = 8.5%
6 - 4% + 4.0% = 8.0%
7 - 4% + 3.5% = 7.5%
8 - 4% + 3.0% = 7.0%
9 - 4% + 2.5% = 6.5%
10 - 4% + 2.0% = 6.0%
11 - 4% + 1.5% = 5.5%
12 - 4% + 0.0% = 4.0%

The remaining 1.5% could then be awarded to the team that gains promotion to the SPL at the end of the season. Thus increasing their revenue slightly too. As you can see that there would be a bigger gap between winners and 2nd place, with the top 6 taking 54% of the money (that is left after every club gets their 4% cut, so there is even more incentive to finish in the top 6).
Finishing 2nd is too close % wise to 1st place.
Or 2nd place could get the 1.5% instead of passing it to the promoted club??

Like the idea of giving the newly promoted club a kick-start. It is also an incentive to fight hard for promotion thus making the 1st division more competitive