The Scottish Premier League has acted with clarity, issuing a statement today that they have instructed an inquiry into the alleged non-disclosure of payments to the league by Rangers since the inception of the SPL on 1 July 1998.
The SPL statement refers to rules to “impose a prohibition on players receiving payments for playing football or participating in an activity connected with football except where such payments are made in accordance with a form of contract approved by the SPL and require that all such contracts are submitted to the SPL within 14 days of being entered into.”
They helpfully link to The Rules of the SPL, which is sure to be one of the most read regulation documents in the world this week.
Compare and contrast this action with the goings-on at the Scottish Football Association.
SFA chief executive, Stewart Regan, told Scotland on Sunday the association president, Campbell Ogilvie, is “heavily conflicted” on the subject of the investigation into Rangers and as such would not be a party to conclusions, saying, “Campbell won’t play any part in any meeting, discussion or conclusion on any activities surrounding Rangers”.
It would, of course, be helpful for Mr Ogilvie to tell his SFA colleges exactly what went on when he was general secretary and director of Rangers. His evidence should be an integral part of the investigation, unless his memory is less effective than fellow ex-Rangers director, Hugh Adam.
Regan spent some of last week dismissing demands for a comment on allegations that Rangers have improperly registered football players for over a decade by suggesting matters concerning the club were under investigation, headed by Lord Nimmo Smith, which is due to report this week. However, it appears that Nimmo Smith’s secret terms of reference do not include the most important question surrounding the club. On the subject of improper registration, Regan said, “The board will meet to discuss it within a week or maybe slightly longer. Very, very quickly the board will get together to consider the facts.”
Scotland on Sunday’s Tom English induced a variety of reactive quotes from Regan. Asked if the SFA would hold an inquiry into Rangers contracts, he said, “That will depend on the board’s view of the facts and what information is there. The situation is changing daily and new information is emerging all the time. We’ve got our hands on certain pieces of information and we’re exploring it and we’re asking for further information. By the time the board meets we will have a fuller picture and if it’s the board’s opinion that they want a fuller investigation then that will be an option. If they feel they have enough facts to draw some conclusions then that will be their decision.”
So now we know that Lord Nimmo Smith’s report is likely to ignore the main issue surrounding Rangers. Without SFA clarification, we can only guess it will address the Fit and Proper suitability of Craig Whyte to own a football club, surely a complete waste of resources.
We also know that the association might still decide against investigating the evidence of Hugh Adam, The Sun newspaper, and various other journalists, that second contracts exist.
The SFA cannot be dragged along behind the story like this. Like the SPL, it should issue an early statement of intent to investigate the serious allegations made about Rangers during their president’s time on the club’s board.
Step up, Mr Regan.
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blantyretim on 5 March, 2012 at 20:35 said:
suprise suprise Rankin scores for Utd and Boruc goal gets mentioned again…
Yes but the clown said it was when he played for ict…absolutely clueless espn.
Just watched the Jim white interview with Fergus(available on youtube) from the late 90’s discussing the contractual dispute with Cadete and DiCanio. The inflammatory nature of the questioning is the first observation.
Fergus to his credit slaps him down for the Rangers fan with a mike that he is, and calmly tells him”Celtic always honour their responsibilities.”
The most telling thing is White saying “why is it always Celtic who have problems with contracts?” and “this never seems to happen at Rangers”.
Well Jim around 15 years on we now know the answer to this. Something to do with the players not paying tax on their earnings and Rangers allegedly stiffing the tax man. Im sure the Rangers players would certainly not complain about that!
Fergus really was a great force for Celtic, a visionary and a leader, and a statue of him beside Jinky and Big Jock would certainly not be out of place.
It puts a whole new slant on the ‘Poppy Debit’, does it not – sorry debate
MWD,
All I did was to walk up to the policewomen and confess that I’ve no been searched. You would have thought that they would have sussed it out after the third shot :)
How I wish John Reid would make a statement about all this!
tic tock
does your email have the word lincs in it?
Just checking Paul has given me the correct email.
Just for the sake of clarification:
Yorkston did say that in event of liquidation the hun would have to start next season in Div 3?
I wasn’t hallucinating…as is my want…shut it wonky…ah niver sade ah hing…
No but aye but he did say ssomething to that effect?
Tomorrow’s headline in the DR;
“Peepil Pilfer Poppy Poppy.”
Is it bad to want it to be true?
Have to say that these are very satisfying times to be a bhoy or ghirl.Long may it continue.
FOREVERANDEVER!!!
Edinburgh Juries!!??
The rugby player who put a glass in some guys face (he admitted it himself) is found not guilty?
Paddy Gallagher –
Dyke Street doesn’t mean anything to me.
Please explain.
Just been looking at the ‘as it stands’ SPL table and noticed that Dundee United are now 14 points behind RFCIA.
Nothing special about that, is there?
Well, 4 games ago (or 3 in RFCIA’s case), they were 31 points behind RFCIA. That’s right, 31 points behind.
During the intervening period, and assuming DUFC maintain tonight’s 1-0 lead, Utd will have taken 10 points from a possible 12 since RFCIA went into admin, who in contrast have taken 3 from a possible 9.
Along with ourselves, DUFC are most assuredly one of the ‘form’ teams at the moment. Check it oot (scroll doon ra page, ken)
prestonpans bhoys
Another twice and legally you would have got to search the young police woman’s burley big male partner.
:-))))
MWD
Tom McLaughlin on 5 March, 2012 at 20:45 said:
Dyke Street doesn’t mean anything to me.
Please explain
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Hi big pal, I was reading a story recently about a Tom McLaughlin who was born in the same street as me then moved to Austrailia.
MWD –
Burley’s wife’s a copper?
is it true that the cream buns are without their 2 top Central defenders for the title party at Ipox??
Rangers cheating goes that far back that the battle of the Boyne will now be awarded to King James…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Check this strip out
http://www.oneills.com/st-marys-gaa-jersey.html
Grimmond McCrummoch……….
What’s the time?????
I see the RM site have removed the word Champions from their Logo :-)…it’s coming home
Paddy Gallagher –
No, not me mate.
Cheers.
GCT
Hope no. Prestonpans Bhoy would be devasted at getting felt up by someone who had been felt up by Burley.
:-)))
MWD
If the Poppy story is true and hits the papers,any toadying politician will be scared off supporting the “fabric of society” lies.Wonder what Donohue and the Westminster Loyal will say.
Paddy G
I stayed at 10 Dyke Street
We might have spoken about this before i think
Did you live at no. 10?
Dyke St??
Do a lot of wumman in comfortable shoes, dungarees with short haircuts live there?!
Is it too late to offer succour to the peeil in the south of the city?
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/six-easy-ways-to-legally-pay-less-tax.html
Utd 2-0 up. Utd player climbing like Edmund Hillary to beat the Caley player.
Get it *censored* roond ye Butcher.
When I was booking my tickets for the bigotdome this morning only two sections were left BF1 and BF5, that was a 9:30!
Now I picked BF1 to “enjoy” the blue order and got seats in BF5, why ask if you don’t get the choice in the first place!!
Havent seen it mentioned, but at about 6.46- 6.55 on radio Scotland tonight, chic young crossed the boundary from reporter to rangers fan again.
Spoke from the heart about liquidation, div 3 etc as any berr would. It was emotive, passionate and utterly nauseating. “the rangers fans have been through enough” he said at one point.
Worth a listen before sharpening one’s pencil for a wee email to the BBC. In an ocean of bad and biased reporting, this is a true stand out.
I wish I could do the link thing but I’m rubbish computer wise (as Charlie would say), and I’m on an iPad. Double rubbish.
prestonpans bhoys on 5 March, 2012 at 20:59 said:
When I was booking my tickets for the bigotdome this morning only two sections were left BF1 and BF5, that was a 9:30!
Now I picked BF1 to “enjoy” the blue order and got seats in BF5, why ask if you don’t get the choice in the first place!!
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You mean checkout #1 or checkout #5.
tescogovanCSC
Is that the same Poppy Appeal that Celtic donated £10,000 to; or was it another one?
The Spirit of Arthur Lee,
If the Lurgan brigade get a hold of those jerseys, the club will sell out, make a few quid and be able tb declare they have one of the biggest club supports in the GAA.
Árd Macha .
If the huns are so broke that they kept money
from the poppy appeal ,how the hell are they
still open?
Apparantly Poppy Scotland joined the creditors Q on friday, according to Hail Hail Media.
http://www.spreaker.com/page#!/show/hail_hail_media
Lennybhoy…Supporting Neil Lennon and CFC until I die on 5 March, 2012 at 20:51 said:
Very funny. Might use that for a text.
Árd Macha
Soal
If you have ever tasted the irish Buckie, you’ll know they need all the help they can get from advertising.
Like brackish chocolate and method. Not a patch on the wonderful Scottish version, dispensed from pocket shaped glass receptacles.
I am from Coatbridge and am therofore overqualified to speak on this subject!
TopCorner & TET
thank you again for link to radio show.
HAIL HAIL
thomthethim on 5 March, 2012 at 21:01 said:
Is that the same Poppy Appeal that Celtic donated £10,000 to; or was it another one?
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Same one,they had bucket collections before
game.(the buckets then went on e-bay)
RRC: on 5 March, 2012 at 20:56 said:
Rhindsdale Terrace ( Dyke St) I was born there in 1959 bud.
*********hamiltontim on 5 March, 2012 at 20:57 said:
Dyke St??
Do a lot of wumman in comfortable shoes, dungarees with short haircuts live there?!
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Shut it you :-)))))))))