Brown:We shouldtalk
Ourselves uptoBBC
ST JOHNSTONE chairman Steve Brown last night admitted Scottish football has been selling itself short for far too long.
And he insists clubs have been victims of a financial own goal.
The Perth chief broke ground to back SPFL chairman Ralph Topping’ s recent claims the BBC was “short-changing ” Scottish football.
And he expects the football authorities to play hardball when the television deal is negotiated next time round.
Brown said: “Ralph was 100 per cent right in what he said about the BBC deal, albeit we agreed to it.
“The league signed the contract and that’s where it all went wrong because it’s very difficult to negotiate up the way when you have agreed to something at a level. We have been weak.
“If you look at the coverage the BBC gets and compare it to other contracts they’re paying peanuts.
“We have been trampled over the top for a long time and there comes a time when you have to say no.
“We need to talk ourselves up more and focus on the good things.
“Scottish footbal l is exciting. We have a bottom six where one team goes down and the other goes into a play-off.
“So going into the final few weeks of the season you have five teams looking over their shoulder.
“It ’s time to stop underselling our game.”