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Post by jasbhoy on Sept 20, 2010 13:13:37 GMT
Another load of bollox spoken by a nobody who can't fill Rugby Park at anytime wants Celtic and the huns to prop them up, this from a team who on one hand say they would gladly see the back of us down to England and yet know they would go under without us, hypocrite is a word that springs to mind, besides which I don't know what it has to do with them, Killie are certainly no certainties for SPL survival.
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Michael Johnston has defended his belief that the Old Firm ought to favour a more even spread of money to create a more competitive league.
Rangers manager Walter Smith had made a barbed reply to the Kilmarnock chairman's comments on Friday.
Johnston said on Sunday: "It has long been my view that there is a disparity in the financial model and that it is loaded in favour of Rangers and Celtic.
"We could examine the distribution of revenues, principally TV contracts."
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland ahead of Kilmarnock's Scottish Premier League match against Celtic, Johnston added: "I think Walter and I are in agreement, that there should be financial fair play in Europe.
"The same points he is making in relation to the distribution of Champions League finances could equally be argued in the SPL."
Smith had spoken about the inequality in football finance after Rangers' backs-to-the-wall performance earned the Ibrox side a goalless draw at Old Trafford, a defensive display that attracted both plaudits and criticism.
"Walter sees Rangers and Celtic as being the standard bearers for Scottish football in Europe," added Johnston, who described the veteran manager as "a fine fellow".
"But I don't think we should look upon that as something that should happen in perpetuity, which is perhaps the way the Old Firm approach it.
"They want to keep the status quo because it virtually guarantees that they will remain the standard bearers in Europe and we need to get back to the days when Aberdeen, Dundee United and the bigger clubs have an opportunity to compete at the highest levels.
"I think that could be helped if there is financial fair play in Scotland as well as in the rest of European football."
At Rangers' media conference on Friday, Smith made reference to the SPL's ill-fated broadcasting deal in 2008.
The Rangers manager asked: "Was the Kilmarnock chairman one of the people who agreed to the Setanta deal?
"I don't know if he was or he wasn't. But if he was, why is he still in a decision-making position in Scotland?
"They had the chance to get the money from Sky and they didn't take it. They took Setanta and it was the wrong move and it's cost them a fortune." If the league is a better competition, then it should attract more money and everything would grow on the back of that
Kilmarnock chairman Michael Johnston
Johnston responded on Sunday, arguing: "There were sound reasons for going with Setanta rather than Sky. The SPL employed media consultants at great expense, who had no concerns about the Setanta TV contract.
"They also employed competition lawyers from London who did warn about going with Sky: it was feared that that would have led to a competition law challenge by Setanta.
"It's easy with hindsight to say that was the wrong decision, but back in the summer of 2008, nine clubs out of 12 decided that Setanta was the correct way to go.
"None of Rangers, Celtic nor Aberdeen put forward any objective argument at the time which was against Setanta and in favour of Sky.
"Not only were there no arguments put forward, there were no senior people from Rangers or Celtic who attended the decision-making meeting."
Describing the decision to abandon a 50-50 share of league gate receipts as "a huge step in the wrong direction for smaller clubs", Johnston called for a change to the way in which income from the SPL is distributed.
He believes that a more even spread of cash would create a more competitive and commercially attractive top league in Scotland.
"One of the things we could do now is examine the SPL distribution model for central revenues, principally the TV contract, but there are also other contracts with the BBC and overseas broadcasters," he said.
"The way the money is divided up within the SPL at the moment, 32% of that goes to the teams that finish first and second. Third place gets 9.5% and then it goes down fairly evenly after that.
"If there was more money going to the teams lower down the league it would give them the opportunity to strengthen.
"That might improve the competition, there would be less predictable results and it would be a better spectacle for the spectators.
"If the league is a better competition, then it should attract more money and everything would grow on the back of that."
But a change in cash distribution would require the backing of at least 11 SPL clubs.
Johnston is aware that the Old Firm would have to vote in favour of it, or split their vote, the result of which might one day be that their income from continental competition would dry up.
"More competition would put European qualification places in jeopardy for the teams that have the monopoly on them at the moment," was his blunt assessment.
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Post by doa on Sept 20, 2010 13:36:58 GMT
Even the Killie Scum fans hate this guy ....he is an Ayr united fan
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Post by prairiebhoy on Sept 20, 2010 14:12:46 GMT
If he is frustrated by financial disparity then do a better job of player acquisition and development. Make a couple of key player transfers (don't have to be big money) to improve the competitive balance on his squad. Win a place in Europe win a few matches and win more money.
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Post by jasbhoy on Sept 20, 2010 14:59:32 GMT
This guy wants half the gate money ffs, just read this on the BBC website:
Blackpool baulked at paying Chelsea £15.50 per head, plus VAT, for post-match lasagne after they were beaten 4-0 by the Premier League champions on Sunday.
That's where we're going wrong, charge the likes of Killie etc. for bus parking, bath and shower water, then we'll hear them moaning, lol.
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Post by Seanybhoy1888 on Sept 20, 2010 15:50:44 GMT
I cannot see the argument here. It is like telling Roger Federer, if he wins Wimbledon, that he will get the same prize money as someone knocked out in the first round. All sports operate the same way whether Michael Johnson likes it or not.
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Post by dan3 on Sept 20, 2010 16:41:21 GMT
I cannot see the argument here. It is like telling Roger Federer, if he wins Wimbledon, that he will get the same prize money as someone knocked out in the first round. All sports operate the same way whether Michael Johnson likes it or not. Couldnt agree more with Seany,its a no brainer,johnstone is a fud
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Post by gerry on Sept 20, 2010 17:07:26 GMT
Hibs supporting mate complained to me about financial disparity. I asked, how many does your ground hold. I think he replied it was about 15,000 at the time. I then asked how many went there every week, to which he replied around 7,000, if memory serves. I then told him that he should really be concentrating on getting more people into their own ground and doubling their gate receipts, rather than moaning about how much other clubs earn.
I think that goes for every club, they should get their own houses in order (this includes us btw) before moaning about other people's income.
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Post by masterson on Sept 20, 2010 17:14:56 GMT
johnson should get the jail for the way he runs his club,,how the feck cand they get over 9m in debt?
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Post by tictoc on Sept 20, 2010 17:31:40 GMT
The man is a balloon,but one thing he said bothers me.That no one from Celtic Rangers,or Aberdeen,voiced any objections to the Setanta deal.If this is true,its shameful.If not,the man is a liar.Which is it.I await our board refuting this,because I am sure John Reid went ballistic at this deal.Could be wrong.
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Post by masterson on Sept 20, 2010 17:48:02 GMT
The man is a balloon,but one thing he said bothers me.That no one from Celtic Rangers,or Aberdeen,voiced any objections to the Setanta deal.If this is true,its shameful.If not,the man is a liar.Which is it.I await our board refuting this,because I am sure John Reid went ballistic at this deal.Could be wrong. they coudln't mate, by that time the rest of the clubs had refused to accept the sky renewal, so in theory by then it was setanta or nowt!
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