It is 13 days since Celtic Quick News first raised a concern that the SFA were not investigating the alleged improper registration of football players by Rangers FC for a period of over a decade. Our central concern was:
Allegations of players having two contracts had been repeated in the media but it was not known if both alleged contracts were submitted to the SFA in accordance with Player Registration Rules. As fans, we had no authority to check, but with an SFA inquiry into Rangers convened, this seemed like an excellent opportunity to demand answers.
We had two secondary concerns:
The scope of the inquiry led by Lord Nimmo Smith was not made public, nor was there any commitment to make the findings public.
SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie, as a SFA board member, was due to receive the report and could have been in a position to influence the scope of the inquiry. Ogilvie was general secretary and director of Rangers from 1978 until 2005, presenting a clear conflict of interest, which the SFA had not acknowledged.
Subsequent events have moved beyond the association:
The SFA have confirmed Nimmo Smith’s report will not investigate the alleged improper registration of players at Rangers but they have left the door open to a future inquiry into the matter.
The Scottish Premier League have not been so lax and will now investigate the alleged improper registration of players. We can perhaps imply that only one contract per player has been lodged with them.
The Sun and Daily Mail have produced a redacted (second) contract and evidence from a former Rangers director respectively.
Despite the issue being reported throughout all media channels, no one from Rangers, past or present, has denied the existence of the second contracts, or claimed player registrations were valid.
What next:
We await the SPL inquiry.
If found guilty, some punishments are clear. Playing an improperly registered player in any match invalidates the result of the game. A 3-0 win is retrospectively awarded to the opponent. Always. Just as your history books do not record Ben Johnson as Olympic 100m champion for 1988, Scottish football records would be changed.
An offense such as this would be “literally off the scale” to borrow a phrase. The SPL and SFA would need to decide on an appropriate penalty. Sport does not provide many good reference points for behaviour on this scale (Johnson was banned for three years).
The HMRC v Rangers tax tribunal and current financial plight of the club remain huge issues but, if found to be valid, the improper registration of footballers over such a long period has the potential to be the biggest story in the history of Scottish football. The SFA must initiate an immediate inquiry.
Everyone else must simply wonder, what next?
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Dundee Utd should concentrate on their league position to the exclusion of all else.
Makes sense to me
Now for the Congo!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeV0ewzoQ00&feature=related
Is fifa 13 gonna feature them?
Hail Hail
“Will you play for nothin – aye or naw?”
“Naw”
“right Oot – Next”
Gregg “oscar” Wylde……
Has he pinched “Elbows” script………?
To ObLivion And Beyond!
Tamlaghtduff Bhoy on 6 March, 2012 at 14:03 said:
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Micheal Mols wife is a model.
A Quasimodel.
Thumbs up HH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmRRBHNo4ZU
Seems the Folly Folly forum owners have taken advice from the Whyte knight……………..I’ve just been offered a discounted year subscription for a fanzine for a club that probably won’t exist in a months time.
Tell al the huns that you know,
Your players are asking to go
Did Andy Golum have four or more contracts due to his multiple personalities? ;-)
Chairbhoy
Like I said earleir it is a pile of shoite. Your arguement is alot more eloquently put, but our opinions add up to the same. :)
Jungle Jim on 6 March, 2012 at 14:09 said:
For anyone not interested in Celtic News, just scroll by O;-)
Interesting to see how the response to Scott Brown`s return to the team is now compared to a year ago. I believe that this is not simply to do with an improvement in Broonie`s play but a growing awareness of just what he brings to the team. His presence is very important.
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As I inferred earlier.
Apart from having him back in the team, I was concerned about his injury.
I was watching his last game for us and the commentator remarked that he had gone “off to change his boots”.
The camera cut to Scott sitting on the touch line, with his sock rolled down over his ankle.
“Strange way to change your boots”, I mused.
bbc saying duff and duffer to make statement this afternoon.
surprised we haven’t seen a raft of them leaving in convoy.
could they be trying to get one more month out the first teamers in light of a significant match on the 25th?
The huns should be docked points for every player they let go.
How can the Administrators be letting players leave.
Don’t they know we need a strong Rankers to survive???
Mucker
J&ICSC
TTT
Surprised the commentator didn`t want him booked for laeaving the Field of Play!
JJ
Can Wylde sign for another club or does he have to wait until the transfer window????????????????
Please leave comments about players’ wives off the blog .
Very schoolboyish and sweetywifeish.
Ally McCoist watching DVD of “I Am Legned” for clues on surviving post-Jellygeddon Ibrox. (thumbsup)
Tell all the Huns ya know they never had 9 in a row
Tell Paolo di Cannio It was never 9 in a row
Administrator looked Lafferty in the eye…….and he went down like a ton of bricks
Jungle Jim on 6 March, 2012 at 14:17 said:
TTT
Surprised the commentator didn`t want him booked for laeaving the Field of Play!
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‘Twas on CelticTV !!
Just what role, if any did agents have in EBTS and multiple contracts.
am i the only person thinking…
how nice for sue barker’s straight man to offer to be there for his players with a wee consolation hug as they get booted down the marble staircase.
but why’s he, as a presumably considerable wage earner, so confident that he won’t be getting job seekers allowance by the weekend?
Gordon Smith’s parents trying to find him a paper round. (thumbsup)
“Can Wylde sign for another club or does he have to wait until the transfer window?”
All released players can sign for another club and start earning but they cannot be registered to play for their new team until the next transfer window.
QB
thomthethim on 6 March, 2012 at 14:17 said:
Please leave comments about players’ wives off the blog .
Very schoolboyish and sweetywifeish.
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Naw.
McGregor’s wench looks like mutton dressed up as kebab! ;-)
This is turning into ‘Mock The Weak’.
Jock Tamson. Before the huns can worry about March the 25th they have to get past the key date of 16th of March.I think there is a good chance they wont be in business by then. H.H.
Jungle Jim
I’m one of the few who backed Scott Brown even when he was playing under stress due to family situations, playing when injured or just playing poorly (generally due to being played out of position). The last couple of games should be enough to prove to the doubters just what it is that he brings.
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Anyone got a summary on Huns going?
MWD
From Phil M:
Good source. Steve Davis has asked to go.
thomthethim on 6 March, 2012 at 14:17 said
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MMs wife looks more like a man to me,
Is it ok If I still have a laugh at him?
HH
CirenBhoy on 6 March, 2012 at 14:21 said:
The snooker player?
I hear they couldn’t get Wylde to walk away…they had security to strap on roller skates to his feet then they pushed him out of murray park…
Is vengeance an exotic french salad?
If his contract or contracts are severed, inn the same fashion as Aluko he can sign for another club out with the transfer window.
If he is still under contract that would be another matter.
emsh
As I see it there are 4 issues in operating the trusts:
– Funding the trust: Covered by the Sun disclosure. In my view not the “smoking gun” but gives a clear implication that the player should be renumerated accordingly
– Independence of the trustees: No info
– Payment from trustees to beneficiary: No info, but I expect the players/agents would have demanded some assurances here. I’d regard this as the “smoking gun”
– Repayment of loans: Strong rumours that the players have notes stating that the loans were not expected to be repaid.
Doesn’t look a pretty picture.
I thought it was established it was nearer £15 Million? BBC still getting it worng…
1420:
The club entered administration on 14 February, brought about by the non-payment of £9m-worth of PAYE and VAT since Craig Whyte took over Rangers in May 2011.
1419:
So, how did Rangers get into this position? Deep breath…
CirenBhoy on 6 March, 2012 at 14:21 said:
From Phil M:
Good source. Steve Davis has asked to go.
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Will they keep his cue and chalk or will he be allowed to take them with him? ;-)