Yesterday the Scottish Football Association announced an independent inquiry into Rangers FC which will report to the SFA board within two weeks.
While it is welcome that the enquiry is independent, it is gravely concerning that the SFA refused to state the scope of the inquiry or indicate if the final report will be made public. An inquiry into the Fit and Proper status of Craig Whyte is moot. An inquiry into last year’s takeover of the club, or how it has conducted its tax business before and after the takeover surely cannot report within three weeks of Rangers going into administration and before the outcome of the tax tribunal is known. So what are the objectives of the report?
The important question the SFA must address is whether Rangers FC improperly registered football players. Rules on the legal registration of football players are clear and well established. All financial compensation offered to players must be part of their contracts, copies of which must be lodged with the club’s national association.
This audio file contains information from Player’s Union representative, Fraser Wishart, who correctly tells Radio Clyde listeners that “in football you’re only allowed one contract, all your earnings from football have to be on that contract”.
The same audio file has excerpts of football journalist, Darrell King, repeatedly telling Radio Clyde listeners that Rangers players involved with EBTs “had two contracts”. This assertion has not been subject to challenge by Rangers.
The major question for the SFA is whether, as alleged by Mr King, Rangers FC played improperly registered players from around 2000 until the expiry of those contracts, some of which are likely to still be active. While they are doing so, it would be useful to extend the inquiry to examine recent contracts.
My primary concern regarding the inquiry is the role of the SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie, in framing the scope of the inquiry. As we reported yesterday, Ogilvie was general secretary and director of Rangers until 2005. He will be able to answer many of the key questions and, as president, will not only have been able to influence the scope of the inquiry, but will be one of the few who receives the report.
Any SFA inquiry into Rangers FC must report on the key matter in this whole business, the proper registration of football players. Any attempt to exclude matters which could involve Mr Ogilvie must be resisted and would show the entire activity up as nothing more than a sham.
The sporting penalty for playing improperly registered players is a 3-0 defeat in each game. Sion have already tested national and international authorities on this matter and are paying a heavy price for trying to gain an unfair advantage.
The stakes are high for Scottish football. The SFA must demonstrate transparency and the highest possible ethical standards when an inquiry into a member club involves past activities of its president. It also has a responsibility to fans and member clubs to establish and report any improper conduct at the earliest opportunity.
My Ogilvie should step aside as a matter of urgency in order to provide evidence to the inquiry.
In a gesture which tests the boundaries of the word magnificent, the Celtic fan who paid £5000 towards the Vanessa Riddle Appeal for the signed Celtic jersey we auctioned last week asked us to put it back up for auction again.
Auctions are a magnificent way to help get Vanessa the lifesaving treatment she needs but the cost of participating at the business end soon gets out of the reach of many fans. With this in mind, we have started an eBay raffle; you can win the jersey for the cost of a £1, or the entire purchase price of Rangers FC PLC.
There are no excuses to sit this one out, Vanessa needs your help, you would like to own a signed Celtic jersey, and you too can afford the kind of money Craig Whyte used to buy Rangers. Click here to participate.
Thank you for the dozens of response to the request for writers for CQN Magazine. I’m still working through them, will be in touch soon. Issue six, our Fit and Proper edition, is set to become a landmark collectors item. You can browse the magazine online here but you can buy your own hard copy by clicking on the link below. Fill your boots…..
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Last chance
Dear all
I’ve a spare kids ticket for tonight?
I’ll be on here till about 18:15
in Uddingston just now and will be about east end of ground from 7.
Just let me it’s gratis and will go to waste otherwise.
Play
Kojo says:
22 February, 2012 at 17:50
no hooper ?
RobertTressell says: 22 February, 2012 at 18:14
Just shook my head at that comment! Just get him to….
bjmac says:
22 February, 2012 at 18:00
What a slur on my professional integrity.
Motorway driving entails constant checking of the rear mirror.
Good to have met you.
Jesus the response to that call was AWFUL.
Who was that waffling on? What was his point? They keep on talking about Gretna, but Gretna have sod all to do with this.
The rules are ABSOLUTE. What is the confusion? There is NO vacancy in the SPL if the Huns go nuclear. Relegation is cancelled. It’s written down.
WHERE IS THE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTAND THIS POINT?
wits great tip mate also took it at 10/1 many thanks
jimtim
James Forrest is The Emperor of Ice Cream says:
22 February, 2012 at 18:21
Agreed ,yet another escape plan
clutchingatstraws CSC
James Forrest is The Emperor of Ice Cream says:
22 February, 2012 at 18:21
Jesus the response to that call was AWFUL.
Who was that waffling on? What was his point? They keep on talking about Gretna, but Gretna have sod all to do with this.
The rules are ABSOLUTE. What is the confusion? There is NO vacancy in the SPL if the Huns go nuclear. Relegation is cancelled. It’s written down.
WHERE IS THE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTAND THIS POINT?
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Some of them can’t understand because they love rangers too much to accept it.
Some of them wont understand because, despite really knowing the truth, they love rangers too much
Some of them do understand but also know that they will have an easier, less violent life if they just keep giving the bears hope
Some of them haven’t realised the gravy train has hit the buffers – old habits are hard to kill!!
Some of them are Hugh Keevins.
I read somewhere that fat sally and his players had offered to have their pay cut instead of being sold on. Sounded a commendable thing to do. Then read further on and all they were offering was to take less money at the moment but get their full whack backdated when they come out of administration. Very big of them
Anyway, Celtic playing tonight. Always adds some zest to the evening. Hope our young team is staying focussed. Keep on working hard. Keep on winning. Simples.
We’re young enough to run and close down inferior opponents and then we are talented enough to dispose of them when we have the ball.
If Dunfermline play like they did against rangers it will be a cricket score. but they surely can’t be that bad again. hard game ahead if we don’t match their effort.
Paul67
My first thought on hearing the news of the Enquiry was what are the ToRs?
There is so much ground to be covered
The Takeover
Player Registration
Licensing
Tax unpaid/UEFA licencing
Fit and Proper persons
it would be impossible to do it in two weeks. only the surface would be scratrhed
A proper enquiry is atrust and integrity
restoring opportunity and the SFA could balls it all up by limiting the scope.
You are right to ask questions before we get a prepackaged answer that does not address the issues.
Ron Bacardi – that’s what you call rangers ‘class’ or ‘dignity’ rangers style.
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. JackieMac
Hiya,pal..?
Nae ..Hoop.
Ah reckon, that this game wull be a Tussler.
We must keep the Peerie Spinnin’.. at awe coasts.. Right?
Five in the Mid..
Sammi, rampagin’ doon the Wing.. and awe that guid stuff.a
Adam Matthews.. Ah could see , fae hear tae Aucheshuggle.. is Tiring..
He is a young man who needs some “R n R”
In ma opinion..
Time fur Izzy tae mak a start..
and…
The Hoop. kin come oan later in the Game..
Howevahhhhhh..
Ah widnae start Him..
Nice Chattin’ Pal..
Kojo.
yer pal..who is pleased tae Meetcha.
Ok, my boss the lurker ought to have left for the game…
I’m a lecturer. One of my classes today were almost all wearing party hats and eating sweets when I walked in. “Someone’s birthday?” I asked… No, I was told, there was no jelly and ice cream in the canteen! I looked around the room and spotted a few glum faces dotted around!
Hail Hail!
Chick Young starts with the another fakeover BS
Steve Lomas – “there must be somebody going to save the day”
New TV idea Desperate Plonkers
The live updates article will be up at 19:15, could someone leave a note here?
Thanks.
Auldheid I was looking again at your Soccernomics table on RTC site just now. It is a very stark reminder of just how far the financial doping went.
I am afraid to put links up on the site in case I break the blog and get my knuckles rapped again. Might be an idea to post a link to it again on here or a link to the post on RTC.
Just one more reason we need to make sure justice is done.
our staff restaurant manager (a hun)has asked for some customer feedback and if there is any dish they could add, so a few of us Tims have I have suggested jelly and ice cream
Celtic need to come out I feel and put theyre side of things out there.If rangers get off with this and only have to pay a fraction of what they owe then ,..I don’t know if I can bring myself to pay money into this league.
All the goings on at the sfa etc etc, politicians lobbying for them, fifa must intervene.WE DEMAND JUSTICE BE DONE!
Someone tell the guy on Snyde we could be 20 clear tonight.
Oops, they just did.
‘Happy with that Tariq?’
‘Aw aye, that’s great’
Superb.
Off to Celtic Park. Lucky or what! 3 points please. HH!
Thick Hun on Snyde clutching at straws!!!!
Hail hail
Jobo thats a great crowd if we get it, sadly I can’t make midweek games as its too much time off work and really knackering, I just wish ST’s were more readily transferrable :¬)
10 mins extensive research you say…… aye right! you phoned the lassie (or bhoy) in the ticket office.
V
Hahahahaha a rabid nutty Hun talking crap about us not having won the European Cup.
Dear oh dear. These people (the panel) are useless. Blowing this silly sod out of the water would be cake if they knew even the FIRST THING about what they were talking about. Shocking.
ibleedgreenandwhite1
He was fair braw that one wasn’t he.
Listen to those ill informed idiots on Clyde
Celtic did not go into administration you stupid shower of Sh***
New website…..Save Rangers.com (no link but that without the space)
Get yourself over and pledge your financial supports.
Hours and hours of fun to be had.
We are a Newco according this airhead on Snyde!!!!
Hail hail
So the highly respectable law abiding Dave King riding to the rescue.
I used to think soap opera scripts were far fetched and totally unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the scum we are up against! How thick are these fools. We did not enter administration for crying out loud, we did not enter liquidation and fold as a company!!
So the supposed saviour Whyte turned out to be a Tax dodger,,,no worries though Because Dave King will save them,,,,oops wait a miute,,,lol lol
Hail hail
Can I ask the Aussietims/ kiwis etc, is the game being televised in Aus? just asking as I have access to some Aussie channels.
I’d very much like to cancel my sky sports etc and pay the dosh to our club to watch Celtic tv, I hope there is an opportunity for Celts what with the changes happening recently to the ….not her majesty’s rfc going into admin.
I know its a school night but think I’ll have a wee beer…..
V
HH
Another American definition for The Big House : lunatic asylum. True,dat.
Right you stupid lot, since some of you DO read this blog …. let me explain it quickly.
Celtic’s corporate structure changed. We did not die. The club did not even pre-pack. Our debts were PAID IN FULL and the company restructured and floated on the stock exchange. The line is UNBROKEN … in much the same way as it was when we left the graveyard and moved to Paradise.
Leeds United’s ownership structure changed. They did not die either. Despite crap that has appeared in the papers, there was no liquidation. In fact, they emerged from administration after a successful CVA.
Rangers are on the verge of DEATH. The line will be broken. The club will no longer exist. This is not a corporate restructuring. This is annihilation. This is the club vanishing, dying, going away and never coming back. Whatever returns, it will not BE Rangers.
Is that simple enough Darryl? Is that simple enough for you and your simple minded friends?
Honestly, anything to cheer themselves up. I’ve heard two of the most ridiculous theories ever in the last week; this “Celtic are a NewCo” is daft enough, but the same people believe “Jelly & Ice Cream” is a secret IRA code phrase.
I mean JESUS. Their club is DYING … their club is going down the pan faster than Sunday morning sick. And they are obsessing over CRAP …
What is WRONG with these people?
Hows this for a ham-fisted attempt at reverse psychology from FF
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Will Timmy celebrate the SPL title his year?
I imagine there will be lots of false celebrating in the public eye by their club and fans but I am convinced that after the first hour or so it will die down to be the damp squib that it inevitably is.
The very fact that we are so indifferent to them winning the title will hurt them all the more, in fact it will be killing them inside. Their entire existence revolves around getting one over Rangers.
The league is over and we have far more to concern us. The world and its dug knows that the league is meaningless to the only other side that could possibly have won it.
Watch the headlines over the next couple of weeks as they do their absolute best to try and make the SPL look important this season. They will need to do something to keep interest going.
FF
Cha
KW
CM
EI
SB
JL
KSY
KC
GH
AS
Good to see izzy and commons starting, give Forrest and Matthews a rest, Rogne not playing to make sure of calf injury I assume, no idea where big Vic is!
HH
RobertTressell – Bartley is a nasty little thug. Playing for the bankrupt bears is as good as his career is going to get. He’s a less talented Novo (thumbsup)
CELTIC (4-4-2) Forster; Cha, K. Wilson, Mulgrew, Izaguirre; Brown, Ledley, Ki, Commons; Hooper, Stokes
Subs: Zaluska, Matthews, Majstorovic, Samaras, Brozek, McGeouch, Forrest