Rangers and Livingston 'yet to respond' to SPFL as crisis talks set over £150m Sky TV deal

Scottish Premiership clubs are set for crisis talks next week in the latest attempt to rubber-stamp a new £150m TV deal for Scottish football.

SPFL chiefs wants clubs round the table with Rangers and Livingston reportedly yet to respond to their 'Qualified Resolution' - which would remove the necessity for a waiver letter and needs a 11-1 majority. A deadline of October 2 was set but a meeting is primed to come first. That request from Neil Doncaster was made after the Ibrox side didn't ok the planned increase of home games broadcast live on Sky to five-per-season.

The Daily Mail state that decision stems from the long-running dispute over league sponsors cinch, and the desire for the league body to stump up for legal costs during arbitration. Sky want to extend their current deal to air Scottish football until 2019 and will pay £30m-per-season to air up to 60 games during each campaign. But the deal has still to be ratified and now Rangers and Livingston have yet to respond. Every club in the lower leagues has backed it.

It's understood the SPFL retain belief an agreement will be struck but talks are scheduled for Tuesday, September 27, in a bid to find a long-term resolution.

It comes amid Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson's unflinching verdict that Scottish football isn't getting bang for their buck with broadcasters. He told the Rangers Review: "The one that really stuck with me was Malmo. Their TV deal was more than double the Scottish TV deal. 'You sit with Ajax and Napoli and they are all receiving far more from their TV and sponsorship deals and their league commercial deals as a whole. 'It puts Scottish clubs at a disadvantage when you are playing other European clubs because you know they are all