Kris Boyd can't understand what Scottish Premiership rivals have done to Rangers

Kris Boyd is struggling to understand why Scottish Premiership clubs wouldn't take advantage of Rangers.

Rangers fans are some of the loyalist around, and are guaranteed to sell out ticket allocations home and away.

Despite that, some clubs in Scotland have decided to cut those allocations, not only to the Bears, but Celtic, too.

The latest example of that, is Hibernian.

Celtic were the visitors to Easter Road on Sunday, leaving with a 2-1 win, but they did so with a limited number of fans.

Hibs have done the same to Rangers and Derek McInnes this season, and Boyd was left scratching his head at their decisions.

Hibernian decision makes zero sense

If Hibs were absolutely flying in the Scottish Premiership, it would make complete sense.

Instead, they are bottom and struggling massively, which is reflect in their attendances this season, so far.

Speaking on Sky Sports Scotland pre-match on Sunday, Boyd reiterated that point immediately.

"You look at giving Celtic half, and they've done the exact same with Rangers," he started.

"I totally get it, if you're Falkirk or Hearts, and you're selling out your stadium, but financially, especially in Scottish football, it's a huge loss over the course of the season."

Just one look at Easter Road on Sunday, and there were thousands of empty seats on show, to no surprise.

Are Rangers being targeted?

This isn't the first time it has happened in recent seasons.

Allocations have been cut at Hearts, too, as well as Falkirk, after taking over half of the stadium at the latter, last season.

You can understand Tynecastle, given the rise of the Jambos in the past year and their allocations naturally rising.

But, someone like Hibs doing it, while bottom of the table and serving up some shocking football, makes zero sense.

Going to Hibs twice last season, attendances went over 18,000 at Easter Road for those games, with Danilo scoring the only goal across both.

Now, their average attendance is already below that figure and closer to 17,500.

Even missing out on 500 tickets, that Rangers could have taken and pricing them around 30 pounds, they are missing out on thousands of pounds.

In the current climate of Scottish football with the debates around the TV deal and lack of European football too, clubs need to start helping themselves.

They simply aren't doing that.