AT times, Scottish football can put you in mind of the climactic scene in Reservoir Dogs, where the distrust between the various gangsters involved in the movie’s diamond heist sees them arrive at a stand-off with their guns all pointing at one another.
That is exactly where the tendency to ignore the message and shoot the messenger has led us to this week upon the announcement of the SPFL’s extension of their broadcasting deal with Sky Sports. Just as in Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece, the guns all go off, and in the end, nobody really wins.
Supposing SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster had inserted a clause ensuring Rangers TV’s Tom Miller was to be the anchor for Old Firm games, the high heid yins at Ibrox would have found fault with it.
