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I think the criticism of his stats abuse is warranted but the rest looks like a fairly open disclosure of where we're at. It's shit news to hear that we can't do any better. I'm sure if we could we would. It makes no sense for the clubs to try to push through a deal if there's better out there. It does seem odd that it's more of the same and not, for example, exploring a streaming platform or something. I guess that having a longer term commitment with a known quantity makes it easier to budget and raise finance as well as allowing SPFL effort and resource to go into the other stuff (whatever that may be, committees and reports probably). It would be good if the new deal involves some marketing and promotion obligations for Sky but i won't hold my breath.

No we don’t. We agree not to sell the ones we haven’t sold. Can Sky unilaterally decide to broadcast all our games? If they can’t, they don’t own the rights.

Not sure what going to tender is going to acheive when the only realistic competition has already said they're not interested and that only leaves premier, who are presumably in regular contact with the organisation for their cup games. If all the options are shit, then your best option is still going to be shit. As sky is and will be. I think the sub plot here is likely to be a certain club from the dark side wanting to break away from a central, whole league, deal. If that is right, individual deals might just about benefit us but would be a disaster for the league. I think that's a far more likely alternative outcome of rejecting this deal than the league getting a better deal.

No argument there. He's trying to get support for the deal he wants everyone to sign so he's making an argument in support of that deal. I don't think he's pretending to provide a dispassionate analysis including all the pros and cons. It's a sales job. And it's way less disingenuous than any figures i presented going door to door for N power.

I guess that's subjective. The figures aren't wrong or made up. There's a bit of an apples and oranges problem in comparing internationally and he's using one view of it to make a point. What that journo guy is saying isn't correct either. The league hasn't sold sky rights to broadcast all the games. They've sold rights to broadcast any 48 and sold an undertaking that they won't sell games to any other broadcaster. If Sky only want 48 games, the question is whether the amount they pay for exclusivity (over and above the rights to first pick of the 48) plus the amount we saveby not cannibalising other income streams is more than what other broadcasters would pay to show them. If we belive that Netherlands or Belgium is the comparable, then we're probably falling short. If we believe it's Austria or Denmark then the new deal seems right. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_domestic_football_league_broadcast_deals_by_country I'd say he's guilty of oversimplification rather than hoodwinking.

I can't see much wrong with what he's saying to be honest. It's more detail than we usually get, so thats positive in itself. I'd like us to be able to get more for tv rights, but we're in the UK market and the third most marketable league in that market.

It’s a high point of western culture. or at the very least, better than 3.

It’s an unsuccessful mkII prototype from Robocop 2.

Rationality is not the only available explanation.

No it won’t. Trickle down is a lie. I do like the party line about new labour. It’s like justifying Human rights abuses by saying what Stalin did. New Labour bear a big chunk of the blame for inequality in our society.

I went to see the big breakfast “Eggs on legs” roadshow after an all night megadrive and hash session in the mid 90s. They didn’t actually have any eggs on legs, but did have Roxy out of home and away and the Wannadies played live so it was way better than going to lectures that day. my answer in “on legs”.

Ireland couldn’t stop us within the rules. I think that means they didn’t deserve anything from the game.

The charming young go getter in your anecdote has been shafted by this budget. Did you tell her that she’s still part of the problem because of her modest income? Or do you think that junior management in catering will take her into the top 5%?

Pretty sure we won because we scored more goals. The handball wasn't inexplicable. It fitted really neatly into the pattern of them stopping our attacks however they could. That foul stopped McTominay gettig his head to the ball in a dangerous position in their box. We didn't batter them like we did Ukraine, but that goal was coming.

I can almost understand Irish people thinking they deserved something. They did what they set out to do quite well and had a couple of good chances. With green specs on, i can see why they might feel hard done by. But Scotland fans thinking we were outplayed or lucky to win? Utter fuckwits. The only reason Ireland had any attacks was because of how positive we were and how few players we kept back. I'd much rather we played like that against lesser teams.

It's not just Scotland that thinks this budget is robbery. It's a shame that you don't think that people who have dedicated their lives to public service or doing an honest day's work to raise a family are "doing something with their lives". The privileged and lucky few in the city who make their money through usury and don't contribute to the productive economy at all make up the bulk of the top couple of percent of earners. A fair bit of the rest is made up people who live on rents and dividends of inherited wealth. Personally i don't see how what these leeches do adds any more value to the economy than any productive worker. According to the actual neoliberal doctrine that is being used as cover for this scam, entrepreneurs are the wealth creators in an economy. They'll generally make most of their big retuns as capital and the vast, vast majority will be unaffected by the top rate change. Making economic and fiscal policy for the city and ariatocracy makes no sense, unless they are your pals and you'll benefit.

He does seem fascinated by willies, but I don’t think you can call them that now.

That reminds me of the story in the evening express about Santa getting into a fight with the Teletubbies in the Bon Accord centre. Apparently children screamed when a teletubbie’s head fell off. Sounds like you c***s were asking for it. Being stuck in a chimney is no joke.

Clearly never worked in a nursing home. Humbugs I’ll grant you but the rest of those would be a nightmare for dentures. Especially Brazil nut toffee. Pan drops, Murray mints and maybe the odd barley sugar and the soft centres from a box of roses for the oldies.

Walkers Brazil nut toffee nougat turkish delight humbugs

"Here's Charles using a pen without having a wee meltdown. See, he can do proper grown up things like writing." Propaganda isn't what it used to be

Feel free. I appreciate your manners in asking my permission. Chivalry isn't dead.

Surprised it's that low tbh. My favourite was the HMRC estate getting sold to a landlord in Bermuda.

^^Accessory

The software at my work that stops loading records to come up with a dialogue box to tell me something that's barely compehensible and only has "ok" as an option. If i understood it and decided it's not "ok", then what? 25 minutes intermittently clicking "ok" is a pain in the hoop. The wife putting brown sauce in the fridge contrary to my express wishes. The name of the actor Timothee chalamet.