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The revelation that the BBC’S Match of The Day presenters Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer earn more for reading from an autocue than the £2 million Bbcpaysannuallyforscottish football coverage highlights the poor deal Scotland gets from the BBC.

Each year the BBC pays £68m for English football league highlights plus £16m a year for live FA Cup ties, which on a population basis would produce £7m for Scottish clubs.

However, as The Scotsman reported on 16 May 2015, the BBC’S director of sport thinks Scottish licence fee payers don’t merit a population share, despite the fact that our state broadcaster has a duty to reflect all the nations in the