Flag day on Monday evening 'ridiculous' - fans on Celtic fixtures

[BBC] We asked for your views on champions Celtic's Scottish Premiership fixtures, including starting on the evening of Monday, 3 August against visitors Dundee. Here are some of your replies: Ray: Unfurling the flag on Monday evening is ridiculous. In my view, the champions of any league should always play first. Eddie: Due to the Commonwealth cycling event being on the same day the season should be delayed a week to allow the champions to unfurl the flag at 3.00pm as is the tradition. Tam: I'm not too bothered about it being on a Monday night, I just don't understand why the champions don't kick off the new season. Did they not used to? Tom: As usual whatever disadvantage the SPFL and SFA can create for Celtic , you can be sure they will do so... ridiculous. Schedules should be made in conjunction with the major football club in the league, not treated as an afterthought to apparently everything else. Edward: Is this another snub to Celtic fans/the board, dragging their heels on Martin O'Neill's on the backroom staff and on-field talent like Iheanacho and Oxlade-Chamberlain being left unaware of their futures? Now on a Monday night at 7:30 pm, Celtic fans are being asked to turn up for the unfurling of a league flag that, through unity, the team managed to get over the line. Are the board simply without any emotional intelligence or are they card carrying members of the 'Prawn Sandwich Brigade'? Martin: Typically thoughtful scheduling from the SPFL, making it even more difficult for Irish fans to enjoy the occasion.