We’ve not really discussed the enormous political and disciplinary matters hanging over Scottish football since before our Champions League campaign got underway but it moves to the fore today, as the SPL Commission, headed by Lord Nimmo Smith, sits to consider charges levelled by the league against former member, Rangers FC. The Commission is expected to conclude by the end of this week.
Rangers are charged with improperly registering players by allowing footballers to enter into contractually binding agreements to receive money in connection with the game, directly or indirectly, without registering these agreements with the SPL or the SFA.
Playing an improperly registering footballer voids the result of a match, no matter how innocuous the registration impropriety is, as Spartans discovered 14 months ago to their cost. They saw their Scottish Cup win over Culter overturned because a player’s registration form was dated only once, not twice as required.
As well as being awarded a 0-3 defeat, the improper registration of players will cost the offending club any prize money ‘won’ and will result in a disciplinary measure being imposed. Spartans were fined £4000, approximately 20% of their annual income, and were suspended from the competition for 12 months. A steep tariff for leaving a box on a form empty and fielding a player in one game of football.
Lots of speculation has centred on the so-called ‘stripping of titles’ but in the event the Commission upholds the charge the voiding of results will happen as a matter of consequence; it should not subject to speculation. What is more interesting is the size of prize money the league would seek to reclaim, and redistribute, and any penalty imposed by the Commission.
SPL teams receive prize money based on their final league position, funded by the league’s TV deal, which for teams finishing in the top two positions is well in excess of £1m each year. Any ‘stripping of titles’ is likely to be a headline grabber, but the repayment of prize money and disciplinary measures will be far more significant, for some.
Sir David Murray, who owned Rangers throughout the period of alleged improper registration of players, insists the club registered all contractually binding payments players received in connection with playing football. SFA president, Campbell Ogilvie, was an executive director of Rangers for some of the period under investigation and may have been responsible for some registrations.
Charles Green rejected an offer to limit the consequences of the charge being upheld in return for his company (then called Sevco 5088 Ltd) acquiring the SFA membership vacated by Rangers. We will soon discover if he is master of the Cunning Plan or an over-ambitious gambler.
I expect calls for SPL and SFA rules to be upheld without fear or favour to be met.
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Auldheid,
with all due respect CO’s position has been untenable from the
day this all became public and yet he is still there,not one chairman that i have noted anyway has called for him to step aside this is very telling in this new era of reconstructing for the good of the game.
Im still slightly bemused why Sevco have any role in this.The Spl case is against Deadco not Sevco. Anybody know on what legal grounds Newco are involved at all?
Monaghan1900,
Even they are issuing misinformation the Articles of Association require 5 years for an associate member to become a full memeber. Its all there in black and white :o)
When sevco were allowed to join the sfl it was on the condition that all football debts be paid so surely if/when they are found guilty and if there is redistribution of prize money it would have to be added to oldco debt which chucky and his sevco cohorts would be liable for
Got to agree with CorkCelt and TBB earlier.
LNS will deliberate and decide. Most probably fairly.
I’m happy to wait, see, reflect then decide on my opinion based on what is factually reported.
EC67
I’d just like to wish Davie Hay a very Happy Birthday.
AKBW1888, thanks.
bournesouprecipe, true.
obonfanti1888, let’s wait and see.
Juventus
3 pm radio rumor ————.
Juve have agreed to sell Quagliarella to Fiorentina . Juve want 10 million euros for Quagliarella/ Fiorentina think that is way too much. Juve have told Fiorentina -we will drop the price if you agree to us signing Jovetic for X in the summer ..
Jovetic is a fabulous player . Some rumor mongers have him going to Man City / Arsenal /PSG [ but in the case of the latter only if PSG sell the wondrous Pastore to Real Madrid .
Paul…
If they are found guilty of playing illegally registered players could this open floodgates for claims for clubs whom list their SPL status or even euro clubs put out by rangers with these players ?
What worries me is that Nimmo is known for his role in ‘All Gas and Gaiters’ and, more worryingly, in ‘Oh Brother!’.
Paul67
I’d love to think the book will be thrown at them but too much has happened to let me hold out any hope. I’d imagine some ambiguity with the rules or the grey area with the HMRC case will see them get away with it.
Len Brennan
I thought I read somewhere that Vic has a brother called Harry,supposed to be the best player in the family.
danso_1888
14:17 on
29 January, 2013
Auldheid,
with all due respect CO’s position has been untenable from the
day this all became public and yet he is still there,not one chairman that i have noted anyway has called for him to step aside this is very telling in this new era of reconstructing for the good of the game.
well said danso 1888
If CO’s position is not challenged then the so called reconstruction of Scottish
Football for the good of the so called game is nothing but a scam/cover up
to help Sevco and the SFA/SPL should be treated with contempt and treated
as a corrupt organisation that should be exposed to the whole football world
as being shocking and a disgrace to the so called fairness of the game
Paul67.When you post the square which comes up is usually Yellow.mine turned to green last night,did you change the colour,or have I been blessed by a greater being,it’s softer on the eyes.I think it was when I was talking to Canonamalar.
Your welcome Paul67
Jim Whyte – Is Brian Laudrup the best player in Europe?
Crufyff- No, he isnt even the best player in his family
has anyone any idea how long it will be before the commission issue their findings???????
Remember that LNS has been given a detailed remit. It is that remit that defines the scope of his inquiry.
For example: The issue of a player’s eligibility regarding contract registration only arises from season 2005/06 when the new FIFA rules of registration were introduced. While prior to that it was required that full contracts must be lodged with the authorities, only after that date is failure to lodge full contract details considered to invalidate the registration.
I’m pretty sure that the Commission will be most pedantic in ensuring that it stays within its remit and upholds the letter of the rules, and consequently, there will be a few unexpected outcomes.
corkcelt,
this is as good as speculating on a game
we’vew been waiting for this for what feels like ever
and now its here we should just take a back seat till its all over
are you kidding
so P67 writes about the biggest investigation into sporting integrity in the history of the game and we should just wait and see without even duiscussing P67’s article :o)
thats very like a ‘move along nothing to see here’ type request were used to from elsewhere :o)
A mid-afteroon break from the norm, courtesy of the brillant dance music collective, ‘ Fear of Tigers ‘
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAnoGWC5urQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
TBB,
fair comment, cheers
oldtim67
14:27 on 29 January, 2013
Paul67.When you post the square which comes up is usually Yellow.mine turned to green last night,did you change the colour
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this happens to me when I used different methods to access the blog.
it’s red on my desktop
amber on my tablet
green on my phone
HH
pauloantony, not sure of a route for clubs to claim compensation in those instances.
Malone Bhoy, we’ll find out soon enough.
oldtim67, that must have been divine intervention. Nothing to do with me!
Looking for some clarification regarding the recent Sevco share issue and who exactly owns the club now playing in Div3.
Sevco 5088 bought the assets from the dead club.
Challs created a new company, Sevco Scotland Ltd, and transferred the assets from Sevco 5088 to the newco.
Sevco Scotland Ltd became The Rangers Football Club Ltd.
We now have another new company, Rangers Football PLC, who have changed their name to Rangers International Football Club PLC
Why didn’t ‘Rangers Football Club Ltd’ just change the company status to a PLC when the shares were issues just as Celtic did in 1994?
Why create a new company, ‘Rangers Football PLC’?
Did the new PLC company buy the assets off ‘The Rangers Football Club Ltd’?
SPF
west csc :14.31
has anyone any idea how long it will be before the commission issue their findings???????
14th February I feel would be the ideal date to publish findings!
I hope that I’m wrong with this opinion but if the overall picture
of said so called disciplinary procedure against we all know
who turns out to be one big charade/cover up then said SFA/
SPL should latterly see the writing on the wall and how can
their jobs be justified in the so called fairness of the game in
general in other words they should be removed from their
positions get them out corruption does not have a place in
the overall fairness of the football authority’s in Scottish
Football and said matter should be seriously addressed by
UEFA & FIFA for the credibility of the game in Scotland as
a whole matter
Miki-re your post last night about Challs Orange Roadshow-PL would do well to make notes as Challs blames him for all the huns problems,in his usual manner of course.
TBB
What was the sanction for failing to reveal all player payment details to the authorities prior to 2005-2006?
Big G,
“The RFFF must not accept anything less the total admonishment..”
Did he really say that? :)
Big G.
Your lucky I only have the one change, but it’s yo a nicer colour.
Green.
Is there anyone at Hamden reporting
not seen anything about attendees
do Rangers FC have representation
if not, who provides counter argument
if there is no one there to counter,
will the result be achieved quicker, being uncontested :o)
!!bada bing!! : 14:42 on29 January, 2013
>>>>>
I know I’m not as knowledgable as many of the erudite and well-informed posters on here about all things Celtic ( and it’s a downright pleasure to be kept aware and entertained 24/7…believe me ) but I do know, on an emotional level how awful the entire edifice known as sevco can be, and that this reprehensible chancer, ‘Chawlls’, is utilising the worst aspects of it all to line his pocket, and that is simply sinister, especially when coupled with the endless puff pieces written for and about him in the msm and that words and deeds go virtually unquestioned except by the likes of us.
Rieperman
Yup, copy n pasted verbatim. Give the hun a break, it took him ages to type that with his knuckles ;)
oldtim67
lol…
It better not change to blue though ;)
Miki-Indeed mate.HH
ScotPatsFan,
As I understand it, Rangers International Football Club PLC now owns The Rangers Football Club Ltd.
As well as plc status I think it is another attempt to pedal the line that there is a company that owns the separate football club. Clearly the club is a company, and this is still the case even when it is owned by another company.
Have we signed anyone yet, apart from the junior and 2 prospects?
A question to Postmen.
Could you enlighten me re wet weather,have they a wet weather policy,Don’t deliver mail if it’s raining.
I never seem to get mail in wet weather,on a day that it’s dry,I get a bulk delivery of mail.