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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to enforce that all competitive Scottish national football games should be shown on a ‘free to air’ broadcaster instead of the rights being sold to Digital Television companies such as BSkyB. More details
Submitted by Gary Mcinnes – Deadline to sign up by: 13 September 2008 – Signatures: 586
These events are of national importance and should be available for the entire nation to enjoy.
As it stands, people in Scotland require a subscription to Sky Sports in order to watch their national football side play their home World Cup and European Championship qualifying matches. This is unacceptable - why should anyone have to pay in order to watch their national side live on TV? The FA in England, quite rightly, award their contract to a 'free-to-air' broadcaster, but the SFA, would appear to have financial matters at best interest instead of the Scottish population. Therefore they should be bound by law to award their live-game contract to a terrestrial broadcaster.
As things currently stand, a staggering 1 in 4 households cannot watch the national football team in international competition.
By ensuring Scottish international games are shown on a ’free to air’ broadcaster it would mean a great deal for a proud Scottish nation.
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Because there are so many signatories, only the most recent 500 are shown on this page.