SFA chief executive, Stewart Regan, clearly sees opportunity among the carnage that is Scottish football at the moment as he leaked plans to ambush clubs into a radical overhaul of the league structures to the media yesterday.
Henry McLeish made several recommendations in his paper on the future of our game, one of which was for a smaller professional setup of two leagues (SPL 1 and SPL 2), sitting on top of a grass-roots pyramid of community based clubs, as well as a 10-team top division. I agreed with both recommendations but relegation-dodgers in the SPL refused to countenance such a deal.
While it seems a 10-club top division is as far away as ever, the SFA are keen to push through a SPL 2 proposal before the start of the new season, something which borders on ultra-ambitious.
An unattributed SFA source (surely Regan himself) briefed BBC’s Jim Spence on their plans but the language was curious:
“Someone has to take a lead and sort out the internal bickering and point scoring and also to ensure that the Rangers situation never happens again.
“We need to use the mood for change among supporters in the country to tackle the current inertia and do what is right for the game.
“Change has to be democratic, but the time for talking has passed. We need action now to save the game.
“The fans are demanding fundamental change. The Rangers situation has intensified the need for a resolution and, over the next few weeks, we will meet with the SPL and SFL to find a solution.”
In order to “ensure the Rangers situation never happens again”, why don’t the SFA start by ensuring former directors of Rangers, who participated in the controversial EBT scheme which precipitated the crisis, are removed from the SFA board?
The SFA president received loans from Rangers EBT which he did not repay despite the club going bust last week. There is a belief that those loans were never meant to be repaid and that many of Rangers EBT loans were accompanied by written confirmation that they were never to be repaid, making these ‘loans’ an illegal tax scam.
The SFA chief executive claimed to have investigated and cleared the president of any wrong-doing. No one else is aware of this investigation. There is a suspicion that all he did was listen to the president’s version of events, compounding an already dreadful situation for the SFA.
We would love to hear how Mr Ogilvie explained why he didn’t repay his loan.
Two weeks ago we spoke about the SFAs inadequate corporate governance on these matters. If only corporate governance was the extent of the problem, they appear quite shameless.
“Someone has to take the lead…. tackle the current inertia and do what is right for the game”.
Sack the clown before you start to preach to the rest of the game.
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From oor Phil…….
It is important for the bereaved to be assisted to accept their loss and to move on.
Now that Rangers are dead, a thing of the past I believe that their crimes should die with them.
Obviously Lord Carloway and his two colleagues will have to re-consider the sanctions in the light of Lord Glennie’s ruling.
However, the liquidation of Rangers does render this all rather irrelevant.
It is akin to imposing a life sentence on a suicide bomber just after he has pressed the button.
Charles Green did not buy Rangers FC.
That club is dead.
What he purchased was the body parts.
It is, of course, important to maintain the fantasy that the club still lives.
He wishes to attract the customer base from Rangers (1872-2012) to his new club.
Fortunately Charlie and the boys are targeting an evidence resistant sub culture who want to believe that the ‘Gers are still alive.
When their club WAS still with us they did not accept that it had a serious illness.
That is why they didn’t mobilize to save their club in time.
http://www.scotzine.com/2011/09/why-its-too-late-for-gers-for-change/
Now the Magic Cardigan Consortium has swooped in like a paramedic one hour after the gravediggers have thrown in the last shovelful of dirt.
This will only fuel the denial that many of them are in about the death of Rangers.
In the crazy world of marketing we are often invited to believe many preposterous notions.
It is seductively suggested that if we buy a product then we will acquire certain personal qualities and abilities.
In the advertising world there is an in-house technical term for such a concept:
Pish.
Advertising people are creative.
They always see another angle to market the urine they are promoting.
Perhaps Mr Green will be advised on the re-branding to
“I can’t believe it’s not Rangers!”
Some cynics may feel that it is the targeted customer base that should be branded.
However, I am not a cynic.
The Dual Contracts probe by the SPL has been formally put on hold.
I have been aware for some time that people in senior positions there weren’t keen to proceed with that investigation.
I am convinced that Rangers (1872-2012) fielded ineligible players during the EBT years.
Subsequently, victories are null and void and titles will have to be stripped from the deceased club.
That said there should be no penalty imposed on the new club.
That goes against all natural justice.
Charlie and the boys no doubt would have been counting on the support of the Glasgow media.
However, the decision of the Walter to swoop means that there will be no honeymoon for Yorkshire man.
Throughout the Rangers saga since February there has been a craving among the denizens of the Glasgow sports desks to find good news stories for the Ibrox klan.
When word of the Magic Cardigan Consortium reached the hacks there was air punching euphoria among some of them.
In the offices on one major title there was an embrace of relief between two dignified hacks.
The bottom line is that these papers have to sell lots of copies to survive and Rangers people are the main market.
The media in Glasgow are caught between the rock of reality and the hard place of peddling the cosy fantasy that Rangers are still alive.
Not all Ibrox chaps are so disassociated from reality.
They know the club’s history hasn’t been lost, but it is concluded.
However, depressed people don’t tend to buy newspapers and voraciously consume the column inches for every detail of bad news.
The BBC has been generally better on this story than most of the print sector.
Jim Spence has been on the money, referring to Rangers as “…effectively dead…” and “…140 years of history disappeared today…” those statements are evidence based.
Subsequently, whatever the Appellant Tribunal finds apropos the disrepute charges then it should be recorded and we should all move on.
It would be as effective as giving a driving ban to guy who dropped dead last week.
It is a matter of record, but meaningless in the here and now.
Moreover, if I buy the dead guy’s car then I shouldn’t have to serve the driving ban!
The crime dies with him.
Rangers committed many crimes against sport, but they are dead.
A new club has acquired the assets of the deceased club.
Rangers are dead and those are the facts.
It’s time to move on.
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Aye, follow follow that.
Nae recriminashun. Is all in the past. It’s the current shunnanigans you don’t see what matter.
jmccormick on 17 June, 2012 at 19:31 said:
I agree with you aswell. I’d like to think Celtic have been biding there time and letting everything come to a head before reacting, If they have then they’ve done excellent so far In not getting Involved as this would of gave the hun MSM there meal ticket but they can’t keep quiet for much longer and I too would like them to go nuclear. We’re getting to the stage where we’re holding all the cards and we can come out with the most important thing and that Is proof In everything that has happened. I trust our board, If we can see this then I have no doubts that they are also on the ball, It’s not as If we’re ran by one man with some yes men round about him like some former club. We have some successful men In there field In there.
Allgreen the Huns are deid on 17 June, 2012 at 19:37 said:
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Yep. my mini hun mate and me talked about new hun beating his team next season, imagine how we’ll feel when the new hun owners are spending money like they know it won’t be called in (for every fiver) and beating us. The posts on here will be nuclear (yeah, still waiting and hoping).
Mon the Germans & Dutch
Germany 2 Denmark 0
Holland 3 Portugal 1
Stick a tenner on Rubben to miss a penalty.
Reliable wurds fae the brethren.
BTW considering this is meant to be an anti-timmy site, you’s all seem to know yer grammar and spellin???
Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon and CFC until I die on 17 June, 2012 at 19:42 said
Tomorrow mate flight at 9:05 from Edinburgh and receiving only one text per shot from your mobile but keep me informed :)
Breaking News,
Green, Reagan & Doncaster have just announced that ,,,
“The” Sweden & “The” Russia have been re-entered into the Euros.
following the “The” soon to be SPL/SFA example.
Simples….
Germany should beat the Danes and go through. I reckon the Dutch can beat wee Christiano and co
Portugal 0 Holland 1
Denmark 0 Germany 2
TC
can’t remember, probably drunk when I made my picks.. p))
how long you home for?
Portrugal 2-1 Holland
Denmark 0-2 Germany
If they get straight into the top flight then I’m afraid the whole competition is tainted. I’m not sure if the winner of a tainted competition is tainted though.
Does taking part endorse the competition? I think it does. I wonder how the SPL would react if after a yes vote we immediately informed them that we’d be unable to fulfil our fixtures for the coming season.
prestonpans bhoys on 17 June, 2012 at 19:45:
Enjoy and I will mate.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Ragers are a dead man voting.
Paul 67
Thanks for your erudite reply. However, do not underestimate the powers of HMRC. They do have the legal entitlement to demand deposits for future tax revenues for companies whom they deem unfit to run their day to day business. They will not, rest assured, be caught out again by NEWCO!
Hail Hail and keep on digging.
TopCorner on 17 June, 2012 at 19:33 said:
Celtic F.C.- The worlds most successful living club.
vipbox.tv
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Thanks for that, It’s working a treat.
I went for:
Portugal 2 Holland 3
Denmark 1 Germany 3
Keep the Faith!
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Evening from a changeable North Staffs
Watched the Newsnight Scotland the other night and 3 things stood out-
The liquidators can look into the running of the old co upto 3 years prior to liquidation 2009/10
Jim Spence forecasting no SPL for newco but a so called independant financial expert saying they are like RBS – too big to fail
The rankers historian may be on for a re-write
BBC reporter Jim Spence receiving twitter abuse from supporters of the dead club.
weeminger
General feelins from the soirée de chèvre last night were, we don’t care whit you uppity fenians do. If yer withdrawal spells the end of Scottish fitba then so be it, we’ll just blame it on you lot. Yep, that’s the way we think.
I have not renewed my parent and child ST. I have informed the ticket office this is due to the possibility of a team which has cheated in sport and finances being shoehorned into the Spl. I will buy a ST once The Cheats are punished properly. Otherwise I’m finished with fitba.
ht
agreed, which is why I still object to people using emotional blackmail in this argument, no Celtic supporter intends harm on the club when not renewing, and worse, no Celtic supporter has the right to accuse them of that.
Green owns a ground and a training facility – I own a house with a garden – I could equally apply for an SFA / SPL licence
1-0 Holland
Van Der Vaart is no a bad wee player
1 nil Oranje good goal
taggart nobody move on 17 June, 2012 at 19:51:
Hope your well.
You are correct to the extent that HMRC can ask for a bond. However, it is unlikely to be asked for if newco gets off the ground. The reason being that todate those that will be involved with newco had nothing to do with the club existed between 1872-2012. If for example, cardihun was to go on board it could be different.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
For those who are interested and as confused as me, marca is updating the table live.
Apparently this still has the dutch bottom of the table
http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/eurocopa/2012/grupoB.html
hamiltontim on 17 June, 2012 at 19:46 said:
Portugal 0 Holland 1
Denmark 0 Germany 2
Are you in the Kano league?????
Spotted BT down the table. Are you picking them all when drunk?
googy
I was in top 40 this morning….
well I think I was as I checked after setting off the lanterns at the Larkhall liquidation liquor session last evening…
BT
am back for good now
missed home
so bailed
have applied for Aberdour CQN golf
am on the reserve list
….Denmark Euro92 comes to mind :)
haha
That Bleacher Report article I posted a link to earlier was deleted, although there was a duplicate on the site, it can now be found here:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1224929-scottish-premier-league-rangers-are-dead-long-live-the-rangers
Let’s see how long it lasts!
googybhoy
I’m so far down the Kano table that I’m thinking of reapplying as a newco and starting again!!
I predicted the first game as Poland 1 Greece 1 and so far it’s the only result I’ve got correct. Talk about Champagne to sh***!!
Under normal circumstances any new company in any industry sector would find it difficult to get credit from any supplier of goods and services – i would fully expect all utility companies to install paygo metres and all suppliers to ask for money up front and for HMRC to insist on monthly returns = all this means cash flow problems
Gene’s a Bhoys name on 17 June, 2012 at 20:02 said
and when they are allowed to buy players – money up front not on installments.
StMichaelsBhoy2 on 17 June, 2012 at 20:01:
I shared it on my twitter timeline earlier.
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Folks,
Whats the story on the defunct huns history – I am naturally assuming a club can not transfer historical achievements to another club.
However this is the establishments team.
Is it going to be deliberately left as a grey area – so those who choose to claim that a newco huns of less than 1 year old has won / cheated 54 odd league championships – or will there be a definitive, public determination given that the history died along with the defunct huns??
Dutch Portugal game a cracker, all out attack, awful finishing.