Sky Has Remarkably Just “Clarified” Its Own Stance On The Kris Boyd Controversy.

Tonight, the Kris Boyd saga took another bizarre turn.

Earlier today, I wrote a piece on how their response to Celtic fan complaints over the Kris Boyd incident has resulted in a flurry of replies which simply aren’t up to par. In the one that was highlighted by The Celtic Star, and which I based the piece on, the responder actually said that they considered the player’s comments to be “good natured.”

I imagine that did not go over well with Celtic.

It most certainly did not go over well with our fans, who are disgusted that the broadcaster would make such a statement, almost as if they are only partially aware of what it was that Boyd actually wrote … or worse, don’t care.

That, in fact, was the overall impression I got of what they had written, especially when they went on to say that what he does outside of the environs of their studio has nothing to do with them, a quite ridiculous statement which was almost certain to self-detonate on them at some point, and maybe quite severely.

Sky’s response was clearly grossly unsatisfactory; whether it was a steer from Celtic or from elsewhere, The Herald must have gone looking for their own update on the matter, and they got back something that was very different in tone from what the fans did.

And something that suggests that Boyd got his wrists slapped at the very least.

“We are aware of Kris Boyd’s comments made in his column in the Scottish Sun, which he has since clarified and about which he has reached out to Celtic captain Callum McGregor privately,” they told The Herald. “Even though these comments were not made on Sky Sports, Kris has been reminded about the language and context he uses in articulating and telling a story.”

This is as close to an admission that he’s had his small ones toed as you are going to get. I would imagine Celtic’s continuing anger had a lot to do with that, but I also reckon that someone within the Sky hierarchy isn’t terribly impressed by the idea that its correspondents can do and say whatever the Hell they like as long as it’s not in their house.

It’s still a fairly weak statement, in particular that last line which again attempts to minimise what was a pretty clear-cut expression of his desire to see our captain seriously injured, but as a sign that Boyd has been put on notice goes, I’ll take it.

What should concern them, of course, is that they are now on notice as well; Boyd is a bitter little man without a shred of self-control.

As I wrote in a previous piece this is actually the second time in this campaign that his personal animus has bled into an article to the extent he seems to be condoning, even rooting for, violence … his piece on Leigh Griffiths visiting Ibrox with Dundee was equally shocking. It is a matter of time before there is a repeat of it. Sky better be prepared for it.