I am sure Neil Doncaster’s job is full of stresses and strains but this week will probably be a breeze. Fans of every club in the league appear to be in uproar at the resolutions for an Insolvency Transfer Event to be voted on later this month. Infuriating everyone is surely better than infuriating most but leaving one group happy.
Fans of 11 SPL clubs have reacted in horror that the league seek to introduce a facility to allow a liquidated club to phoenix straight back into the top tier of Scottish football. Fans of Rangers, while along with administrators and bidders for the club are publicly opposed to liquidation, are outraged that this new facility to allow a new club entry to the SPL should carry a sporting and financial inhibitor.
For clarification: the inhibitor is there to ensure clubs have a modicum of moral hazard against gaining an unfair advantage before ditching creditors and their old skins, and emerging in the SPL with player registrations from another club but without the debts or consequences of mismanagement.
Rangers US and Singapore based bidders seem unperturbed by the proposals. Paul Murray’s Blue Knights consortium has curiously lost its tongue. Maybe this helps explain all those years when the EBTs were unopposed by the former Rangers board. Silence, not even an utterance!
There remains three possible outcomes to this issue:
The proposed SPL resolutions will be passed, allowing a Newco straight entry to the League.
The resolutions will fail and the SPL board will vote a Newco into the league anyway.
The resolutions will fail and the SPL board will deny Newco a place in the league.
Celtic Quick News first flagged this scenario in October last year when we predicted Newco would be given a parachute into the SPL, opposed only by Celtic. As the key resolution (2A) requires only 8 votes I still expect this to happen, despite the ‘Bring it on’ view of many Rangers fans to the prospect of starting again from Division Three.
As the financial penalty resolution (2B) requires 11 votes I expect this to fail and no financial penalties to be imposed.
The question for Kilmarnock, Dunfermline, St Mirren, Inverness, Motherwell, St Johnstone, Hibs and Kilmarnock (don’t tell me they’ll not try to get two votes, they have a huge mountain of debt to service and have every right to demand two votes) is, will they listen to their fans or their bank manager?
Dundee United and Hearts, like North Korea, appear convinced of their own superior wisdom and, like a North Korean missile, could head off in any random direction to demonstrate their contempt for clubs scared of providing satirists with material. They could easily vote themselves into a Gorgie-Tannadice League, if they could agree on a Gorgie-Tannadice/Tannadice-Gorgie naming convention.
For now, if you care about any of this, participate in the online SPL Fan Survey. We’ll soon find out who runs Scottish football, fans or the Bank of Scotland! One additional point about democracy, it carries responsibility. In this instance, stopping Newco means fans of all remaining clubs have to step forward in increasing numbers to buy season tickets. This is the cost of sporting integrity.
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CRC hence the reason I’ve naw been invited….. oh and flounced from Fat bhoy 3
Vmhan smiling as I say TAL
ok Champions scoreboard
Hamiltontim 38
praecepta 33
setting free the bears 33
Patrick27 31
Factus 8 27
Celtic Champ Elect 27
The Token Tim 25
Lostinbonnybridge is Neil Lennon. Get well Stan Petrov 24
Celtic_First 23
theglasgowcelticway 3
Round 5
…..and of course to finish of we have “Hoops am I?”
Remember You have 1 guess only, so up to you when you want to guess? Bonus 5 pts for the first correct guess.
Clue 1: I played for Celtic in the 80s and achieved 2 international caps (20pts)
TTT
leaving yourself open to ribaldry with that comment re night out :-))
andy walker
CRC,
obviously know about the post FBS night out, just thought a night had been agreed thats all.
and if you happen to check the latest spreadsheet im sure you’ll recognise a loss beside a certain someones name….
:-)
Peter Grant
CRC
TTTT has been to every night out and hadnae lost a pound
see the posts below mightytim , other CQN’ers / Celts and readers of CQN……… you are all invited of course…. The only ranger invited is Edward…..
nae huns allowed.
Vmhan Supporting Lenny! on 13 April, 2012 at 22:00 said:
CRC grand, quiz done ? sorry questions are probably out now ha!
are you going to the KF do? I wanted to go but canny make it…..
Theres a Derry do in June I thought some of the CQN’ers and hopefully CQN readers would be interested in……… My team last year got to the semi’s ….. this year I have about 4 teams to support, coorslad team, Derry CSC no1 team, GB and Ogra SF….. ach its for charity…V
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celticrollercoaster says In Neil we trust on 13 April, 2012 at 22:00 said:
mighty tim on 13 April, 2012 at 21:57 said:
There are regular nites out and the next one is the Kano night on the last Sat in April.
The CQN FatBhoys are also out at the end of May. Honorary Fatbhoys welcome
HH
CRC
Hoops am I?
Clue 1: I played for Celtic in the 80s and achieved 2 international caps
Clue 2: My Celtic debut was made against a team who I also later played for (12pts)
Peter Grant
PF aye but he hasnae….. oh I see :¬)
It wiznae pedro then. He debuted against rangers.
Galloway
Grant
Peter Grant
Hoops am I?
Clue 1: I played for Celtic in the 80s and achieved 2 international caps
Clue 2: My Celtic debut was made against a team who I also later played for
Clue 3: My father was also on Celtic’s books although never played for the first team (7 pts)
Tommy Burns.
Bloody laptop I posted that before I saw 2nd clue but it never sent!!
Oh well………..
SFTB
I’ve asked my neighbour about the tickets he’ll let me know within the hour.
Utterly wrong.D’oh. :-(
Baggio
G – the Masons – Rapping :)
A few naughty lyrics in this rap track, be warned if you decide to listen.
Hoops am I?
Clue 1: I played for Celtic in the 80s and achieved 2 international caps
Clue 2: My Celtic debut was made against a team who I also later played for (12pt
Clue 3: My father was also on Celtic’s books although never played for the first team
Clue 3: I was signed as cover for the injured Davie Provan (3pts)
Macca
3 is the new 4
John Colquhoun
John colquhoun
aaarghhhh C 1st!
Watching last Saturday’s game again.I LOVE OUR SUPPORTERS.Just felt i needed to share that.
Centre-half?
Answer John Colquhoun
Pick that out, Token.
CF got it
ha ha well done C 1st……ya bassa :-)
Final scores
Hamiltontim 38
praecepta 33
setting free the bears 33
Patrick27 31
Celtic_First 31
The Token Tim 28
Factus 8 27
Celtic Champ Elect 27
Lostinbonnybridge is Neil Lennon. Get well Stan Petrov 24
theglasgowcelticway 3
Well done Hamiltontim, a fine victory :-)
Cheers Bhoys for taking part. Enjoy the rest of the night and indeed Sunday.
HH
CRC
CRC
Thanks again for your efforts mate.
Thanks CRC. Well done to Hamiltontim. I can’t remember for whom he had reserved a spot on his mantelpiece if he won tonight, but I hope whoever it is has a nice time up there.
Token, my head-to-head win is tainted because you suffered a ten-point penalty, in spite of being essential to the good of the CQN quiz. I think you should organise a protest.
Mike Conroy and Michael Conroy