Last Chance to Complete the Supporters Direct Scotland Survey

[Zappa 0]

Just completed the survey. My innovative idea was to play on hot ash with bare feet so that players can't stand around with their finger up their arse. The existing under-soil heating systems could be used to heat the ash.

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Just completed the survey. My innovative idea was to play on hot ash with bare feet so that players can't stand around with their finger up their arse. The existing under-soil heating systems could be used to heat the ash.

 

Excellent idea!

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Supporters Survey 2011 Kicks Off

 

Supporters Direct Scotland have launched the second annual survey of football supporters

with questions about:

 

 league structures

 television revenues and their distribution

 season starts and winter closedown

 supporter representation on club boards

 supporter representation on national football issues

 support for a Scottish Football Supporters Network

 

Last yearâ??s survey caused a storm when fans indicated they were at odds with Scottish

Premier League plans for restructuring. This year there are more questions and a specific

section about establishing a Scottish Football Supporters Network as a voice of the fans

body.

 

Alan Harris, Chair of the Scottish Council of Supporters Direct commented:

â??Itâ??s really important that football supporters the length and breadth of Scotland

have their say on the topical issues of the day affecting the game they love and

support. Last year, our first survey showed that football fans were at odds with the

SPLâ??s plans for restructuring. This year we are asking more questions and on a

broader range of subjects, including whether fans would support a Scottish Football

Supporters Network and what they would want it to do. The survey is open until the

end of December and I want every football supporter to respond this year and so

that we make the voice of fans loud and clear.�

[BrahimHemdani 1]

There have been more than 2,500 respondents so far but there is still time if you haven't taken the survey yet please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LWDRPV8

 

and pass on the link if you can.

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Last chance to complete the SD Survey on things like:

 

• league structures
  
• television revenues and their distribution
  
• season starts and winter closedown
  
• supporter representation on club boards
  
• supporter representation on national football issues
  
• support for a Scottish Football Supporters Network
  

 

Last year's survey definitely contributed to the failure of the SPL Plan to reduce the league to 10 teams.

 

Make sure your voice is heard this year.

 

The survey closes on the 31st.

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LWDRPV8

[Bluedell 6,043]

Last chance to complete the SD Survey on things like:

 

 

• television revenues and their distribution
  

 

 

Where is the option to give the OF more money?

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Where is the option to give the OF more money?

 

More than the two-thirds they get already; do you want to kill the other teams altogether?

 

Seriously there is a section where you can add suggestions to improve Scottish Football.

[BrahimHemdani 1]

THE SURVEY CLOSES TONIGHT, LAST CHANCE TO GET IN YOUR VIEWS ON LEAGUE RECONSTRUCTION, TV MONEY, FANS REPRESENTATION ETC

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LWDRPV8

[Bluedell 6,043]

More than the two-thirds they get already; do you want to kill the other teams altogether?

 

 

That's not for you to prejudge.

 

It goes back to my earlier unaddressed point that the questions were set by those with an agenda.

 

The survey just sets out a bland question without putting any context on the figures. Everyone wants more for their club Do fans actually know how much their club gets and how much their club generates of the overall pie?

 

For example, question 6 is loaded. You could ask "do you think that clubs should get cash based on the amount that they generate basded on the levelof interest in the club and you may get a different answer. Question 7 is also loaded.

 

There is also a follow-up (question 3) on making the leagues bigger but no follow up on the status quo or making the league smaller.

[BrahimHemdani 1]

BD, sorry I seem to have overlooked your earlier question though I did answer some others.

 

I will get you answers although possibly not tonight!

 

However, similar issues were raised by CST and I obtained this response from SD's professional advisers which may deal with some of your concerns:

 

I don't think any questions in the survey are leading. Some are asking about proposals people may not agree with (such as the SPL claims or what to do if a 16/18 league structure was adopted) but that does not mean they are leading. On the proposals they would only be leading if there was bias in how the question was framed or if there was not the option of saying you disagree with the proposal.

 

We specifically made sure that each question asked whether they "support or oppose" therefore not giving priority to one point of view in the question framing. In addition the response options give people equal opportunity to either support or oppose therefore not leading them to one point of view. And the evidence from the near xxxx responses so far indicate that respondents are differentiating between proposals and quite willing to oppose the options they do not agree with.

 

On the detail of some of the proposals such as distributing income more evenly or a pyramid structure then it is always a balance to be made between the brevity of the question and the level of detail provided. In my experience of other work providing long explanatory paragraphs in questions is more detrimental to response rates therefore we have adhered to the principle of less is more (as we have also done in the length of the questionnaire). That inevitably means a compromise on the detail that can be provided. But that does not that the findings are not meaningful.

 

In this instance we are obtaining a clear picture on whether people are supportive or not on the principle of more even distribution of income or the introduction of a pyramid structure. That can be successfully achieved without providing the detailed ins and and outs of how income is currently distributed and what a more even distribution might mean or the precise details of exactly how a pyramid system might work in practice (which is probably impossible to do at this stage). And people always retain the option of either opposing the proposal based on lack of information or saying they neither support nor oppose if they genuinely feel they don't have enough information (or indeed skipping the question). The same is true of all the other questions.

 

From responses to date there is no evidence that a lack of detail is impacting on responses - for example only 22 people have skipped the pyramid structure question which is around 1% of respondents and entirely normal for this type of survey. This suggests that the overwhelming majority of respondents understand the principle of what a pyramid structure is.

 

When conducting surveys like this significant problems in question design or wording are quite quickly flagged up by the initial respondents. We have had almost 2000 responses so far from every club (including Celtic and every other SPL club) and no significant problems have arisen suggesting that Ms x's concerns are not borne out by the majority of respondents.

 

I hope this helps reassure as obviously the more supporters who complete the survey the more robust the finding are and it would be unfortunate if some supporters of particular clubs were not properly represented because of a misplaced perception of bias.