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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goldstar10 on 5 March, 2012 at 21:21 said:
yur right I had to check against the RFC(ia) web-site – not recommended. I’m sure the Celtic diagram had it the other way around.
Either that or I’m a complete (.) (.) oh deary me……….
Watched bits and pieces of the game on ESPN.
Sunday is going to be one of our most difficult games of the season.
The Exiled Tim –
I don’t think anyone is having a dig at you mate.
All PoppyScotland have done is refute the claim that they are on the list of Rangers creditors. They have not confirmed that they have received the money. As you say, how could a charity be an official creditor in any context?
Lennon n Mc….Mjallby on 5 March, 2012 at 21:24 said:
Since writing
http://celticunderground.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=856:in-whom-do-we-trust&catid=47:season-2011-2012&Itemid=83
some more measures are required but we could start with making the SFA accountable to Supporters Trusts via Supporters Direct.
This would require a strengthening of the Supporters Trusts of all clubs but with a greater say on issues the Trusts themselves would attract a greater number of supporters as well as officers to share the load currently carried by a gallant few.
I wish i knew where spelling checker was on here
Wok is Work
:>)
tonight’s show now ready to replay (121mins long)
http://www.spreaker.com/page#!/user/homebhoys/homebhoys_38_can_t_win_them_all
paddy Gallacher
an old Barns st saying,dont no who said it but
Stringer Bell on 5 March, 2012 at 21:03:
You still live in Coatbridge?
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
@charleslavery yes, happy to confirm in addition to match collection, which PS coordinated, all proceeds from shirt sales were received
No story here Bhoys and much bigger fish to fry I’m sure.
Guys
This makes it a lot clearer. As JungleJIm says there is more than enough to go on without making stuff up.
Poppy Scotland just tweeted to deny poppygate story.
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@charleslavery yes, happy to confirm in addition to match collection, which PS coordinated, all proceeds from shirt sales were received
jc2 on 5 March, 2012 at 21:35 said:
I wish i knew where spelling checker was on here
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mee to
Prestonpans Bhoys- Ha ha, enjoy giving them laldy, I will be too!
#HH
Tom
I wasn’t thinking you or anyone was having a dig, I can handle it anyways :>)
But it just shows how many must be reading either this or other sites, as I doubt they were listning to spreaker radio, so they must have seen posts to prompt them to tweet they weren’t on the creditors list.
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The SFL has no plans to investigate accusation of Rangers ‘hidden’ player payments pre-1998, STV understands sport.stv.tv/football/scott…
Some questions just seen on RTC, I would’nt mind knowing the answers to if anyone has any idea
1) Do the Administrators have the authoriy to order the destruction of documents\evidence durng ongoing investigations
2) If permission from the court is required, why would a judge agree to such a request, during ongoing investigation by HMRC.
3) Can HMRC sanction people for obstructing their investigations.
Lennon n mac…
How dare you sound so manifestly sensible…you would be ridiculed in the upside down willy wonka wonderland of the MSM…shame on you for sounding so bloody reasonable…
A charity will not be a creditor, they have not provided any services or sent an invoice to them. That does not mean that any charitable donations were sent to the charity. If they chose not to send any monies collected, that is their choice, it should leave one mighty bad taste for those who donated, if not sent.
Paul67
I am looking forward to a wide ranging investigative piece of journalism which reviews by year / country all Dignity’s big signings back to 1988 with mug shots , sorry pictures of the players. An informed piece which then sets out the options available to the SFA / SPL to punish Dignity, and shows the before and after trophy haul over the last 24 years. It would be only fair to highlight the individuals responsible with pictures and details of the Men Who Destroyed Dignity …. possibly enough information for a special pull out!
Just a question
Is this ghe same Charles Lavery who writes for the sunday mail
under a NDP ?. And whose old man was a teacher ?.
Anyone confirm ?.
Integrity, intelligence, respect, love, care, gumption and courage, Mr McBride.
It’s very difficult to think of what his close family and his wider family have lost and to think of the behaviour of others in the limelight at the moment.
Fecking magic, drop two points and move a point clear, in a league which is multiplying in value with every increasing minute.
Mon de Hoopos
Wonkyradar, Durie lives round the corner from me. Should I go and ask him if he had 2 contracts?
Just been thinking. Quite sore, but should be fine by the morning.
Anyway. RFCIA need to trim the outgoings by £1m per month or thereabouts, yes? Does that not, discounting all else, just bring them into ‘break-even’?
I ask, simply because the ‘all else’ above obviously includes the current debts owed to HMRC (BTC aside), meaning they still have to cut ever and ever further, yes? This in turn means that they cannot come out of administration. Which amusingly costs them a not too insignificant sum each and every single day – imagine that: sorry McGregor, we cannae keep you ‘cos we have our own fees to service.
All of this begs the question: setting aside the BTC, just how much do the administrators need to cut from the orcs wages before they can even consider moving them out of administration?
Seriously, are they looking at trimming the wages/outgoings by around £2m each month? And how long would it take to satisfy all creditors in lieu of a CVA?
And why don’t the administrators not simply call in the EBT ‘loans’? <- snigger
midfield maestro,
cheers, had a doubt in my mind anout why such a tweet would be made unsolicited.
The statement is exact in what it says, maybe if a question like
“have you received the figure stated from them”
what was it they said they raised £20000
Good night Timland
HAIL HAIL
Disgusting and not fit for purpose, looks like Mr Regan’s fitting right in at the good ol SFA.
http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/rangers/299851-no-sfl-investigation-into-rangers/
HH
my mistake
EKBhoy, it’s the story that will give for years to come.
canamalar
I don’t know the answer to questions 1 and 2.
3. depends on what you mean sanctions, if Hector thought someone was deliberatly witholding information, or giving false information, they could instruct their legal team to deal with it, which in turn could lead to a prosectution.
That I know for sure.
TET,
do you think they would go after a judge
Snake Plissken on 5 March, 2012 at 21:40 said:
Grant Russell @STVGrant Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
The SFL has no plans to investigate accusation of Rangers ‘hidden’ player payments pre-1998, STV understands sport.stv.tv/football/scott…
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And neither they should. The SPL have only ben in existence since 1998 and have no remit to investigate further back. The body who should be investigating pre-1998 is the SFA.
Depends on who the judge is, depends if the judges face fits or not, if the powers want to find a scapegoat as part of a cover up, then yes.
Paul67
Any ideas
1) Do the Administrators have the authoriy to order the destruction of documents\evidence durng ongoing investigations
2) If permission from the court is required, why would a judge agree to such a request, during ongoing investigation by HMRC.
3) Can HMRC sanction people for obstructing their investigations.
Gary, you can run but you can’t hide
http://www.thelawyer.com/rangers-lawyer-quits-collyer-bristow-following-clubs-administration/1011681.article
Another deadline date for them if they are to start in SPL3:
86. CLUB NAME AND REGISTERED GROUND
Each Club shall, not later than 1st June in each year, register its ground and
pitch dimensions with the Chief Executive and no club shall remove to
another ground or alter its pitch dimensions without first obtaining the
consent of the Board.
86.2 Any club wishing to make any alteration to the designated name of the club or ground must first obtain the prior written consent of the Board.
86.3 Each Club shall either own its own ground or be a tenant or occupier of its ground under a Lease or other formal Agreement in either case for an initial period of not less than five years.
87. CLUB COLOURS
Clubs shall register, and submit for approval, samples of the colours and
designs of their first, second, and where applicable, third choice playing
kits with the League and not later than 1st June in each year and shall play
in their first choice registered kit, except as hereinafter provided.
the original sadies bhoy
SFL are able to look PRE-1998 which they are saying they won’t.
SPL is 1998 and since.
Mhaddog:
Yes…throw a brick through…(haha only joking)…why not?
Call it guerilla journalism…
Snake
Ahhh misread your post. SFL (not SPL). I still think that if RFC have been proved to have ‘form’ going back to 1998 then the national body, the SFA, must act to carry out an investigation of RFC’s pre- 1998 activities. There will be a loy of pressure on them to do so if the Inquiries prove to be positive – ie find proof of wrongdoing on their part.