Boyle

By grabar
May 30 2011

John Boyle has spoken out over the weekend that it is time to change the distribution of money in the SPL

The former Motherwell Chairman told BBC Scotland it is time to consider changing the distribution of SPL prize money to help create more competitive League. At the moment the teams finishing first and second take 32% of the money, guess who that is biased in favour of!!

Boyle said, "The criticism I would have of Celtic and Rangers in my time is that the distribution of monies was too niggardly, by squeezing the other clubs, as they have pretty regularly done, all you get is an ever-more lopsided league."

He then went on to add, "I would say to the Old Firm, be generous, you're not going to get into the Premiership or even the Championship in England. The politics of sport in the United Kingdom are pretty clear on that front.

"Celtic and Rangers are going to have to play in Scotland. If that's the case, make it a better league. Distribute the money more fairly so the other teams can buy better players and make it more competitive.

"What will happen if they continue to apply the squeeze is that the games will become repetitive and beating Celtic and Rangers will become a quite extraordinary feat.

"The very thing that cements their success, that they have 50,000 supporters turning up every second week, will begin to evaporate. They need to have a competitive league, they need to make the distribution of monies much more equitable - and that can happen."

Who can argue with this really, but it is it likely to happen? The politics of Scottish Football appear to be all about looking after your interests, and therefore you wouldn’t expect the Old Firm to give up their prize money.

Boyle leaves parting shot

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