I think it's money well spent as it gives us a Scottish presence with a genuine interest. On the flip side the BBC are keeping their main studio coverage "down sowf" rather than the elaborate set up ITV have in New York. 

The BBC sure know how to spend our licence fee. On Reporting Scotland they had two reporters in a bar in Boston interviewing each other. Then we had another inside the stadium and yet another in North Carolina. Now that would also mean separate camera crews. No doubt we'll have even more commenting on the match and, if normal service is continued, even more in a studio in the states, possibly watching the game on a screen. No wonder they are begging for even more licence fee money.

BBC news just looking at the likely culprits and it's pointing towards the loyalists.