Ron Gordon endorses new Sky Sports TV deal as Hibs supremo talks up 'home of the best football'

Ron Gordon is convinced the new Sky Sports TV deal is Scottish football's best option and would be crucial in aiding the SPFL to hit its £50million jackpot. The Hibs supremo, along with bosses from Hearts, Aberdeen, Dundee United and Dundee, believe our game's revenue can be grown by £28.4million by 2029 after commissioning an independent Deloitte into enhancing finances.

The review's findings have been put to clubs and it's believed that with added incentives the cash flow into the Scottish game can be markedly enhanced over the next seven years. Gordon knows the biggest driver in this will be the television deal.

Record Sport revealed last week that SPFL chiefs were in talks about a deal which will hit the £30 million-a-season and see the number of live games be increased to 60. The Hibs chairman said: “I feel Sky are the best partners for us but the Deloitte report also validated this. I feel they are the best partner for us, for a variety of reasons.

“They are tried and true and all we are trying to do is to make it better. It is also the home of the best football in the UK. The Premier League is there and we are the little brother of the Premier League.

“If you want to see top football then you want to be on Sky. That is not to say there won’t be other players further down the road because we will have opportunities to go with a second package in three years, assuming this Sky deal moves the way we all think it is going to move. I don’t have any visibility of anybody who can play to the level of Sky as it stands.”

Gordon also knows other similar leagues have far bigger television revenues but they also show just about all their fixtures. He believes having a pay-per-view option as part of the new deal will be