Offside rule

and false consciousness, has been a disaster for the people of Catalonia and should never have happened. It would be no surprise if the Spanish government arrested its perpetrators on charges of sedition. I don’t understand the point of Alex Orr’s letter bemoaning the lack of Scottish international football on terrestrial TV (11 October). He understands the SFA will want to do a deal with the highest bidder but seems to think because England’s games are on ITV, Scotland’s games will also be shown.the only reason ITV shows England is it has outbid subscription channels. It can do this because the games attract a big audience and ITV can sell premium advertising slots.no terrestrial channel is willing to spend the money for Scotland’s games. As for being left to watch England’s games – it’s not compulsory.

IAN LEWIS Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh