The business model of the SPFL’s new sponsor, cinch, is to sell cars directly to the public, cutting out the dealer network. Newco’s chairman owns a large car dealership which sponsors Newco (although it is not a shirt sponsor).
Newco have refused to comply with the SPFL contract by adding the cinch logo to players’ sleeves and elsewhere. They claim compliance would break an existing commercial deal, presumably with their own chairman, but have refused to provide evidence of any existing deal to the league.
League and club sponsors often conflict. While the SPFL was sponsored by Ladbrokes, Celtic had Dafabet blazoned across their chest and Newco had their own gambling partner. Newco’s position appears to be that any club with a pre-existing agreement with any one of its partners can veto a league sponsorship deal. Quite a thing, with 42 clubs, some of which have 20 commercial sponsorship partners.
It is always possible that the SPFL’s rules are poorly drafted on such matters, the SFA were able to exploit what appeared to be a clear rule before, but the League have examined their position and have escalated the issue. Yesterday, chairman Murdoch MacLennan wrote to all 42 clubs, stated the league’s position and informed clubs he had referred the matter to the SFA’s arbitration process.
If you think this all seems a bit contrived, you are not alone. Why stand and fight on such a puny hill? Newco are not the private fiefdom of their chairman, he is not Cnut (be careful), able to turn the tide against cinch, so why antagonise every non-compliant club in the league?
Newco want rid of MacLennan and especially SPFL chief exect Neil Doncaster. Neither will do their bidding. If the club can find a contractual oversight, it gives them grounds to call for their resignations, again.
There are other mattes at play; step forward Malmo manager, Jon Dahl Tomasson, who yesterday alluded to the matter we discussed in our State of the Club blog 10 days ago. Newco need Champions League money more acutely than oxygen itself. Should the wheels come off the white charger tonight, you can expect conflicts on every corner.
I never get what is it about people who think they are too special to follow rules. There is a want about them. Are we going to see pyros from the Newco directors’ box next? Seems logical. Fight The Man, even if The Man is just a salaried someone, responsible for converting advice or strategy onto structure.
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12th Man busy dissolving at Greyskull. LOL If Carlsberg did Tuesday nights!
1min left bye bye Monkeys
Heading into time added.4 minutes.
3 defeats in a row? Bet they’re glad they’re playing Dunfermline on Friday.
Then again, maybe not.
£50 in my back pocket. Thank you Malmo 😎
Hately scathing and ripping Kent to shreds on the radio!! they cant play in front of people – pressure!!!
2 left of the added minutes.
Last year , the awarding of cards in games involving wangers in the SPFL and EL did not fit the pattern for other clubs. It was going to be the same this year only the greatest manager in the hunworld couldn’t manage to progress even with this bias!
Must be time to switch the sound back on.
HailHail
10 men bankrupted the huns.
I was CERTAIN that they would qualify.
Never been so glad to be wrong .
TT
Anybody got a match ? 💥 £39m
crisis
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noun
a time of intense difficulty or danger.
“the current economic crisis”
1 minute to whistle.
Can they make a dramatic comeback? Of course not.
ref plays 5mins
Take a bow Jon Dahl Tomason and Malmo – Superb.
allover
JHB…..
What’s’ yer beef?
cmon rangers we can do this
Loud booing at end.
YES YES YES
You love to see it.
YES YA WEE BEAUTY
TIME TO PUT ON ABBA SONGS
Very somber on Shortie😂😂😂😂😂😂
“Not gone the way we expected” Aghh hahahahaha….
This result is a game changer. Don’t feck it up Celtic. Bury this mob once and forever.
Just switched TV on. Well now, glad to see Ibrox social distancing being taken seriously. Stadium half empty.
HA F***ING HA!
Kazakhstan or Armenia for them next…
hahahahahahahaha … too funny!
Another loss and another week of smiling to myself (plus Celtic winning).
Thank you Malmo
What a performance from 10 men……
Ha ha ha ha
3 losses in a row for the world champions 🤣
What a great week .
Think we might see something now to rival the Christmas DHS sale.
Invinciibles pumped
THIS IS A MASSIVE MASSIVE FINANCIAL BLOW FOR DER HUN!! Gerrard said this season they will play for their lives!!! their lives?? why? because they and speculated AGAIN with money they don’t have!!
Time for the hoop to put the foot down and sign defenders!! the big Henry guy and perhaps steal Samuel from under their noses!!
haha haa Dave king!!
I was beginning to think Karma was a type of curry! -)))
Have they not suffered enough
Oh my sides 😄😄
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssss