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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The Pantaloon Duck on 6 March, 2012 at 13:24 said:
Exodus
Movement of ra peepel…
Now that is funny, well done;-)
garcia lorca on 6 March, 2012 at 13:18 said:
great post
Your premise is bang on…without t’internet and its’ worthy exponents (Paul, Phil, RTC etc.) very little of this would have seen the light of day.
WWWCFC
I think with a trust you can legaly make one as long as the person making it does not benefit from it..Now if Rangers made a trust for individual players and they then benefited by the player playing for them winning trophies the revenue would see that as Rangers benefited from the trust which is illegal. The fact that it would appear tax and NI havnt been paid for years with Ranggers saying the Trust absolved them from collecting or paying tax the revenue disagree, of course on top of that it gave them an advantage over every other team in Scotland.The Evening times can print all they like as we know paper takes on anything Rangers are between a rock and a hard place and are finished in my opinion.H.H.
Good to see Greg Wylde’s wiki page has been updated already. Opening line a cracker!
WGS on 6 March, 2012 at 13:24 said:
if what Hugh Adams claims is proven to be correct, that players had two contracts as far back as the mid 90s then yes, the last one or two of the nine titles could be called into question
sorry miscalc…thats should be 240k a week to trim
Celik don’t need no stinkin rangers
rangers players to be sold on shopping channel
So we’ve moved from solidarity and “we all take a pay cut if no one goes” to “let me out of here” in a couple of hours?
What happens if they all want to leave?
Neveralone
Ok I get that (re sellable assets).
However to get them to the Transfer window will probably cost almost £1m for those 3 players if they don’t take a drop in wages to get them there?
That’s one month covered already whcih they need to cover?
Can’t field a team of 3 people (surely better to have a team of young cheaper talent to keep the club ticking over) and no price can be put on these “assets”.
i.e. injury? What will any buying club willingly pay for Division 3 players at best??
Still alot of mess to be uncovered I believe.
Mucker
J&ICSC
Come on administrators get Jimmy Bell doon the road.
From Lefty two guns on CM,
http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz31/leftytwoguns1/hoooooooooooooose.gif
New STV reality show, with Duff & Phelkps, “I’m a Rangers Player, Get Me Out of Here” por cierto
Wiki is quick:
Gregory “Gregg” Wylde (born 23 March 1991) is a Scottish association footballer who played for Scottish Premier League side Rangers until March 6th 2012. He was the first player to walk away from the club soon after they entered administration
Mervan Çelik (Turkish: [ˈmeɾvan ˈtʃelik]; born 26 May 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently a free agent, having previously played for Rangers F.C., BK Häcken and GAIS.[3] He has represented Sweden at youth international level.
Soon there’ll be no Rangers players at all… (thumbsup)
I’m glad to see that the administrators have now read the Ladybird Book of Administration that I sent to them.
Meanwhile Cellik and Wylde can at least now bless themselves in public again so it’s not all bad news.
Craig David
Can Wylde and Celik even sign for another club outside the window now? They seem to have walked away so will that not stop them from being granted special dispensation?
New STV reality show, with Duff & Phelps, “We Don’t Do Walking Away, Get Me Out of Here” por cierto
Tried to add a link! No joy! Im walking away.
Ibrox to be re-purposed as spooky abandoned theme park, star in new Scooby Doo film. (thumbsup)
of the players who will remain at Ibrox it will be interesting to see how many pick up ‘injuries’ before the 25th.
I feel happy oh so happy
Should we offer Wylde a contract til the summer?
Not seen much of him is he any good.
Greg’s not one of the ‘we don’t do walking away’ brigade then?
Expect other ‘walk awayers’ from amongst the group of players who could expect to find another club.
Dignity and loyalty, aye right!
I phoned keevins on the Hotline yesterday. Hugh this no story that your pal traynor has become a bit tiresome. Would it not be better for him and Jackson and maybe yourself try to chase down the players involved and get in there before your competitors?
Never made print!!
STVkeith:
STV understands Rangers players are currently going in to see the administrators one by one to learn their fate. [via Twitter]
I thought the animals went in two by two!!!
Garcia Lorca
I mentioned this morning the democratisation of information by the new media. There is plenty about it on line giving opinion on the importance of this new revolution.
I also connect with your point about younger Celtic fans appreciating what we are witnessing today. I personally will raise a glass and celebrate on behalf of all those who never got to see this day.
Keith Downie @STVkeith Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
STV understands Rangers players are currently going in to see the administrators one by one to learn their fate.
Paul67
I suspect that D&D have yet to do whatever they had omitted to do when you commented last week. Any update?
15 to go would be my estimate
Vancouver Whitecaps already stating they have first pick on Bocanegra when he returns to USA.
LOL!!
Keith Downie @STVkeith
STV understands Rangers players are currently going in to see the administrators one by one to learn their fate.
I always thought the animals went in two by two.
Any of you wizz-Bhoys got a complete list of the players involved in this E B T?
Richie@13.27pm
Thank you.
Hail,Hail!
Wonder what are the odds on Dundee United finishing 3rd in SPL behind Motherwell.
Abmucker on 6 March, 2012 at 13:29 said:
Absolutely agree.
Might depend on (whatever they’ve said publically) how long Administration lasts.
If D & P honour their primary objective of getting best deal for creditors then getting to the seasons end might be a good option.
Despite quotes of wanting to keep the fabric & viability of the team the administrators know already a) Rangers will be in top 6 b) they won’t qualify for Europe.
They stand to loose £900k by not finishing second but that is much less than the market value of the top three players.
Of course other events may overtake the current situation but as things stand I think if I was the administrator Id be keeping hold of those assets at least for now.
and St Johnstone 4th?
Tricoloured Ribbon
Would love to applaud him out the door.
Meanwhile over in FF land, confusion surrounds them.
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Forget the dundee utd boycott!
-Our boy are going to need us in full voice and we can pick them up f–k the politics lets just get up there and get behind our team no matter what!
‘Our boy’ , only one of them left, or education system to blame ?