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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Lennondinho18 (@CelticNewsAtTen) on 6 March, 2012 at 12:49 said:
Will the players made redundant have both contracts ripped up? ;)
Did they have to ask twice to leave por cierto.
Scot Govt asking for suggestions for new Forth bridge crossing.
I’m sure we could come up with some workable ones:
The Craig Whyte Celebratory Bridge
The Jelly & Ice Cream Dessert crossing.
The ‘No Crossing Allowed’ crossing.
The Eggs Bennedict Way
Absolutely normal for andy goram to have had 2 contracts.
Cellick can survive without Rangers.
neveralone on 6 March, 2012 at 12:51 said:
Brokelyn Bridge
Tamlaghtduff Bhoy on 6 March, 2012 at 12:44 said:
I know how these rangers players are feeling. I went through the same situation in 3rd year when i didnt get selected for the school team.
It still haunts me to this day :-(
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Tamlaghtduff ?is that Gaelic for deadwood :O)
Wylde and Celik walking away without a redundancy package means their contracts are still ‘open’ as it were, until such time as either of them sign for another team – is this correct, anyone?
Scot Govt asking for suggestions for new Forth bridge crossing.
“The Two Bridges”
“The Double Crossing Bridge”
Could TFPLG be getting his books as well as he will be on a huge wage with no transfer value at all?
If Wylde signed for Celtic, would he be eligible for the next league game? You know, the one on the 25th..?
Celtic_First on 6 March, 2012 at 12:50 said:
Why did Mervan ask to go? He can’t play for anyone else this season, can he?
From what I saw of him he couldn`t even play for Rangers…….
Wylde thing, I think I love you……”
rumours on FF that Goian has asked to leave also.
JFHaircut…
A statue of me, thanks very much.
Although maybe abit much, just buy me a pie an a bovril and save yourself some cash ;)
Is that the first three away, Wylde, Mervin & Cellik?
Ban them Sine Die in any shape or form.
No, but if Mervan Celtic can’t play again this season, how bad must things have been for him at the Brox to ask to be allowed to do walking away without so much as a piece for the journey?
HectorGate seems to be moving along quite nicely.
pigalle
He’s coming home
He’s coming home
Gregg Wyldes coming home por cierto.
As I’ve said a million times before
“Gone the Celik”
Looks like the do walk away.
HAIL HAIL
Only players who have requested to go have gone.
Neither of them are high earners.
The longer this goes on the greater the number of players having to leave will become.
What a sad state of affairs for Scottish football.(:-)
TT
Celtic_First – We’ll always be together, together in electric dreams! (thumbsup)
Will Judas johnston have to hand back his silverware? Dont know if I want his tainted stuff!!
If you’ve heard all they got to say
You looked but turned away
Walkaway, walkaway
If you’ve said all you got to say
And now the words just slip away
Just walkaway, walkaway, walkaway
That’s what they say, what they say,
what they say
You gotta walkaway
Stupid huns
Administrators failed to come to agreement with hun players. They will now make all decisions on redundancies. Talksport
neveralone
A bridge too far!
Auld Neil Lennon heid on 6 March, 2012 at 12:26 said:
Paul67(from previous blog)
Listening to Doncaster on Talksport he has not been clear on who actually votes a Newco into the SPL. He said the SPL Board but this has to be questioned (as I know MWD has).and clarified.
Good effort that man!
Andy Goram thought he had 2 contracts…… til he sobered up!
neveralone
Or should that be a bridge too many?
Let the games begin!….(again)
Philvis. Stop it.
Rangers don’t do walking away.
They leg it. (thumbsup)
The ‘but for Rangers you could have had two of these Bridge’
Not very snappy but I like it
Got to say, I take no pleasure in young men losing their jobs today with little or nothing out there for fit disciplined and committed people who have displayed such true patriotism over the past few years, especially around November 11th.
No wait, the armed forces are always on the lookout for such true patriots.
Go on boys! Helmand awaits! Time to follow your hearts and put your mouths where your money (ahem) was.
What’s that Roy?
Celtic_First –
If it seems a little time is needed
Decisions to be made
The good advice of friends unheeded
The best of plans mislaid
Just looking for a new direction
In an old familiar way
The forming of a new connection
To study or to play
And so the conversation turned
Until the huns went down
And many fantasies were learned
On that day
Keep feeling administration
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling administration
Looking learning
Moving on
(thumbsup)