Celtic title shot at Tynecastle shows Scottish football is showcased terribly after Super Saturday snub - Ryan Stevenson

So, the SPFL thought it a good idea for Celtic to come to Tynecastle for a crack at winning the league on the first weekend after the split - when they could’ve made it an Old Firm shootout on the same day Hearts and Aberdeen battled it out for third.

And the last league game of the season, a potential blockbuster of an Edinburgh derby with a place in Europe more than likely to be up for grabs, will yet again have a live TV blackout. As will the entire bottom six over the next few weeks, despite an almighty dogfight between four clubs that would have made riveting viewing.

It’s a joke but nobody’s laughing. And until there are people with an understanding of our game – a real feeling for what people want – making the decisions, the rest of us will continue to walk around with our faces tripping us. The frustrating thing is it’s so unnecessary. Scottish football is brilliant. There’s so much happening all the time and the population is consumed by it. Yet it is showcased terribly.

Why couldn’t week one of the split have featured Celtic going to Ibrox with the chance to win the league, while along the M8, Hearts and the Dons could have been playing each other in front of another packed house with third place and a £5million European prize pot up for grabs?

It could’ve been labelled Super Saturday, one game on after the other, both on Sky. Scottish football would have been shown to be passionate, colourful, vibrant – everything the SPFL should be proud to show off to potential sponsors around the world. But it’s not happening. Just as when Hearts do eventually play Aberdeen on May 20, that game won’t be live either.

Yet they stuck on Hearts v Ross County on Saturday, a match that used up the Jambos’ allocation of home