The Daily Record today report the contents of a document drawn up after a meeting between the SFA, the SPL, the SFL and Sevco suggesting “punishments for Rangers for the Employment Benefit Trust tax dodge used by Sir David Murray’s regime to pay players”.
The document details that Rangers would be stripped of titles and trophies ‘won’ by the club while they fielded illegally registered players, described by the Record as “the harshest ever seen in football”.
While Rangers EBTs had been in the news for close to two years, it was Celtic Quick News who first raised the question of Rangers players being illegally registered in an article on 22 February this year. Clubs are required to note all payments players receive in connection to football with both the SFA and SPL as part of the player registration process. Failure to register EBT payments is completely separate to the legality or otherwise of how the EBT was conducted, and until we raised the issue, there was no question over player registration, and no possibility of league titles being stripped.
Two weeks after Celtic Quick News brought the matter to public attention the SPL appointed solicitors Harper MacLeod to investigate the case. The subsequent report concluded Rangers had a case to answer.
There are a number of alarming aspects to today’s Daily Record report (the newspaper appears to have the main story but don’t notice its relevance):
Sevco should not be involved in any discussion around the guilt of Rangers or any subsequent consequences. Fan power in recent weeks had shown that we are not a Banana Republic. Disciplinary issues are subject to establish procedures. Any attempt to meet with a party acting on behalf of Rangers to agree an outcome with both the investigating body and the appeals body, before an independent inquiry takes place, contaminates all who participate.
Scottish football has independent judicial procedures for dealing with serious breaches of rules. Executives from the SFA and SPL have absolutely no authority to set-aside these procedures, nor are they appropriate people to act instead of the independent procedures.
Stripping Rangers of titles and trophies if they are found guilty of cheating is not a punishment; this simply reflects the legitimate winners of past trophies. When an athlete is found to have cheated to win a medal, his punishment is not the withdrawal of the medal, which is an obvious consequence of being caught, he will also face a sporting or financial penalty, often a ban.
There seems to be no end of attempts to subvert sport in Scottish football. There must be no backroom deals, not even if they bring a barrel load of trophies to Celtic, we cannot be bought-off by bling. Independent disciplinary procedures must take place.
Although Rangers failed to register players EBTs, this matter is separate from what the Record calls “punishments for Rangers for the Employment Benefit Trust tax dodge used by Sir David Murray’s regime to pay players”.
If the First Tier Tribunal (remember that?) rules that Rangers broke tax rules the club could yet face football disciplinary procedures for failing to pay social taxes.
Last month we reported that the SFA was set to remove independent judicial oversight from the game as its existence was getting in the way of their plans for ‘Rangers’. Although the Daily Record seem to be oblivious to the fact, they appear to have found documentary evidence that this is the case.
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NFL’s comments about tainted titles is valid. if others dont like what he says then so what, i didnt like what rangers players said about i.e. we won them fair and square etc… but its all about opinions.
re: the work undertaken around celtic park, i agree that its all looking very good, however, the envios around celtic park (owned by celtic) are very poor indeed, the landscaping across the road highlights the need for some work to be undertaken and celtics land and the old school etc… dont know how it will be funded, but i cant see that as being acceptable with regard the commonwealth games in 2 years time, where the f&ck is DD and PL
We could be facin’ the Sheriff; they’re up against the Bailiff.
voguepunter on 19 July, 2012 at 10:21 said:
Nor for me…….. NEIL has simply given his honest view, to a question asked.
It is not his fault the media position it as they have …….. And it’s a good thing they didn’t interview me……LOL
We should be too strong for any side in that list, if we’ve to judge by name and reputation, but we’re waiting on a dominating new Centre Back, to replace the
signed, then injured Jaroslaw Fojut.
The Euro qualifier is also sandwiched in between two games away at Inverness and Ross County.
Neil C
I liked the Hollies too.
OK I’ll post a long article about the forthcoming season which no one will reply to because straight afterwards Paul will put up New Article posted
wonkyradar on 19 July, 2012 at 12:19 said:
Lots of LOL………NO wonder your name is WONKY ……!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonkyradar
The procedure is called a “Commissurotomy”.
Commissurations to the Bears.
The Sheriff was one John Brown!
He no like the seed man! Let the erb’ be!
Let em’ grow man, let the seed flourish!
Down wiff Babalon! Up wiff thee Mighty Jah!
hamiltontim – Guinness it is, but sunscreen? In Glasgow? In Summer?
HH
R angers
F orever
C heats
Is Lytham & St Annes a true links course – as it’s not strictly right on the coast.
What is the definition of a links course – as the open must be played at one ?
I wouldn’t want to be at a bus stop when one of those big ugly hun heids explodes like a melon in a microwave!
It seems we’re waiting on selling a ‘star’ before buying. Happy so far with the squad reduction and hopefully we can add a central defender and a striker to boost the squad for Europe.
Teams are obviously keen on our young stars, Ki for me would be a good one for a sale as I’d love to see Wanyama in the Hoops for another season or two.
cantwaitforthefootballCSC
Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on 19 July, 2012 at 12:23 said:
I shot the sherriff has always been a favorite of mie
Yip, FC Sheriff for me ….fingers crossed.
RoadtripCSC
Search continues for ra Deeds!
Charles kickham:
Definition of a links: sausage links here are normally for breakfast.. they are 3 to 4 inches long and about 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter.
There is also bigger sausages which we call hot dogs but they are sausage links too.
hope this helps,
new article posted.
WR – it’s all clear now – but now I’m suddenly hungry
Anybody wanting some real good laughs should visit HunMedia. Pure Comedy Gold. I haven’t stopped laughing for days, read the following for a sample of what can be mined, this is from a guy called GlowingHeid:
When Sparta was under attack from the Persians they were sent a threat
“You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, I will seize your ass, slay your people, rape your concubines, pillage your cubits of wheat and raze your city.”
This has so much resonance for the WAR today! FOr we are at WAR! We need a Churchill figure in the Ibrox boardroom.
The Spartans leader replied “If”. And it was a big IF. The biggest IF ever. In fact when he said it he nearly spat in someone’s face! This is how big an IF it was! A really big one! I say IF to OLiewell, to ORegan and ODoncaster! We should all erect giant bed sheets- go NOW and take yer maws bed sheets and write IF oan them wae yer crayons! Go! We must fight back like the Spartan Spartans!
This should be our reply to the scum trying to destroy our history and take our title’s. There are so many If’s in their threats we should tell them where to go and start questioning why everyday the fenian red tops are spreading lie’s about us with Celtic staff at the forefront of the muck spreading. Why is someone at our club not defending us? Its not as if there not enough to defend! Feels like the SFA are black mailing us with threats to not give us our licence unless we take OReegans/O’Lawells punishments. Well screw that – Ally or Green need to beome Churchillian Spartans and stand up and speak out about this now or we are screwed forever!
By the way the Spartans won even though they were vastly out numbered!
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Don’t ya just love the history lesson?
What about illegal registration of players for UEFA Champions League and Europa League? Surely as well as them getting into the Champions and Europa league by cheating to win and come second in the Scottish league, they registered the players on EBTs illegally and therefore cheated in any games they played in UEFA competitions?
HAIL HAIL CHAMPIONS