Championship 2025/26

[TRVMP]

I mean there's no real principle as to why championship team should get it if we're being honest, UEFA gives it to non-qualifiers to try to even the playing field a little versus those clubs with prize money, and that doesn't apply to us. 

[Jamie_M]

9 hours ago, TRVMP said:

I mean there's no real principle as to why championship team should get it if we're being honest, UEFA gives it to non-qualifiers to try to even the playing field a little versus those clubs with prize money, and that doesn't apply to us. 

The arguments given were that the Premiership already hoovers up 83% of total SPFL prize money. Adding in the Uefa payment that takes it to over 90% of all available funds going to Premiership clubs.

Another possible reason given was around academies. The SFA have stopped payments towards academies, so distributing funds down to clubs in the Championship who have academies might help replace some of that funding and stop academies being disbanded.

Anyway, regardless of principle, there's actually an annual vote of Premiership clubs on whether they should redistribute some of it or keep it.

[vikingTON]

10 hours ago, TRVMP said:

I mean there's no real principle as to why championship team should get it if we're being honest, UEFA gives it to non-qualifiers to try to even the playing field a little versus those clubs with prize money, and that doesn't apply to us. 

The playing field isn't even at all, if just over a quarter of the teams in the national league system get an annual windfall while the rest (including those promoted to compete in the top flight) do not. This is a UEFA more than a Scottish football failing - but solidarity payments like these should be pooled by both the SPFL and the SFA to distribute to their entire memberships on a sliding scale. 

[RossMcC1874]

Battle of the arseholes. St Mirren come out on top terrible shame for the Maryhill mob as nice as four derbies would have been.