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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Were they sold loan protection policies they didn’t want or need?
They will bounce back minted.
Good morning from sunny and frosty Manchester.
Paddy Gallagher on 6 March, 2012 at 08:13 said:
Were they sold loan protection policies they didn’t want or need?
They will bounce back minted.
Xxxxxxxc
I think they were the ones giving out the loan protection. Gazza wants his compensation.
Hoopy birthday Charlie Mulgrew
googybhoy ♥ Celtic and Integrity on 6 March, 2012 at 08:17 said:
Good morning from sunny and frosty Manchester.
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Morning bud, I always associate Gazza with the Harry Enfield character ‘Loads of Money’!
So Doncaster has said the Sly contract won’t mean newco hun are automatically parachuted.
How will that square with the msm?
Sky even
Think Laurel and Hardy Administrators have already said deferment of salary is not an option as it does not make any long term savings,
if the great unwashed are looking to take these 25% – 75% pay cuts then its clearly got to be a contractual salary reduction.
On both contracts
Rangers FC (in disintegration)
Sly was better :-)
Lennon n Mc….Mjallby on 6 March, 2012 at 08:22 said:
Sky even
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I think I like Sly better
If there are no dundies at Ibrox today, can we look forward to another hour or two of news telling us there is no news from rangers, but here’s how we got to the current no news situation today after several days of no news.
Rangers FC ( in manipulations)
Have the huns actually accepted the wage cuts or are negos still ongoing?
The reason I ask is I’m sure I saw a tweet saying they had last night…….
So another day of in-action at Mordor,,,WTF is going on over there??????????????
Hail hail
When the inevitable happens and their squad is desimated by redundancies, who feels they will have the stomach for a humpin on the 25th. Liquidation sooner rather than later would be the only option . The hordes are close to breaking point and the prospect of letting our team loose on them will be too much and the axe will fall. Which will be a pity as it would be the cherry on top of the ice cream if it were to pass.
Rangers FC (in capitulation)
desimated = decimated
Morning from a very sunny La Suisse. Hope you are surviving Starry Plough. Swiss Tony, some J&I this week, perchance?
Loved last night’s comment about the Battle of the Buoyne being awarded to King James.
Another day, another dollar.
22 days of fees for the Administator (not cheap!)
22 days of further losses for the Huns estimated at £33k per day.
Death by a thousand cuts indeed.
We will need to have another whip round bhoys, as it looks as the helpahun fund is being drained with the above :-)
HH
CRC
Morning Timland
Speaking of the huns
How is Jellylegs doing these days?
Telegraph article – that’s more like it!!
Police FoCus Group lecture fans on new legislation
Published on Tuesday 6th March, 2012 by Celtic Trust
Meeting between Supporters Direct and FoCUS
On Monday 27 February, several Trusts including ourselves, Kilmarnock, QOS, Partick Thistle, Motherwell and Rangers met with 3 police officers from FoCUS (Football Co-ordination Unit in Scotland). The Police said they would run buy the main points of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Bill but wanted the session to be about answering our questions. The meeting was held in the Novotel Central Glasgow hotel and lasted just over an hour.
We made the point at the start that we are opposed to legislation, think it is unnecessary and could inflame the situation. We made it clear we would be doing all we could to have this legislation changed and supporting fans who may fall foul of it.
The police began by giving details about FoCUS. It was created in July 2011 after being asked for by the Joint Action Group to improve co-ordination between forces. They then ran through a brief description of the legislation. One officer explained how being arrested “could depend on the circumstances.” A behaviour could be an offence at one point but not another. They didn’t come across as very enthusiastic about the introduction of the bill.
They then talked about the Threatening Communications section. It was emphasised that this covered all types of communications (including flags, scarves and banners) and was not restricted to the internet or football.
In ending the police stated that football supporters would see no change in tactics from officers, it would be “business as usual.” The emphasis would be on collecting evidence by camera and making arrests at a later date.
The meeting then turned to a Q&A session. The main thrust of questions was regarding the law being unnecessary, and how the police were going to put it into practice.
It was soon discussed that Junior games weren’t not covered by the bill despite the fact that one of the largest disturbances was recently at this level.
When then asked what was the point of new legislation, they couldn’t give a sensible logical response, it went along the lines of events of last season justified it. They where then asked which events of last season weren’t covered by legislation that are now. The officers could not give an example.
A major worry for the Trusts of SFL teams was the consistency of policing. They expressed concern that because crowds would be smaller then the police would be more pro-active. Police acknowledged their concerns saying that they wouldn’t notice any difference and that yes there is difficulty in wading into big crowds but this can be sorted later when the particular match is reviewed and arrests could be made later.
It was then asked what were the major changes with the introduction of the bill. The officer referred to the Lord Advocates guidelines. The 2 changes that were mentioned were that songs which reference terrorist organisations and songs which mock footballing disasters were now illegal. The officer said that “bad taste and football related banter” would not be an offence.
When asked about specifics the clearest we could get was no Famine Song and no support of terrorist organisations and you know what songs they are and if you steer clear of them you will be alright.
When pressed on the issue that really this is a catch all, their response was if you sing about your club, the players and just support your team you will be OK.
The final advice was if you think you might be arrested for a song, just don’t sing it, however ignorance will not be an excuse so even if you don’t consider a song an offence you will still be arrested.
Suppose this was expected the meeting was all about them rolling out the legislation and “consulting” with the fans.
It’s clear from the meeting that there will be conflict as the songs, chants, and banners that we now use and many of us believe to be part and parcel of supporting our team will now be unlawful so we need to be prepared to protect any victims of this legislation and highlight how it discriminates against just Football fans.
I know there is quite a bit to distract us at the moment but more important than what epitaph will be written on the hun headstone is how to make our own clubs membership scheme such a success we’ll once again be able to compete and beat the likes of AC, Real, Bayern, etc. regardless of hell or high water there’ll always be a Celtic Football Club not matching up to somebody’s ambitions.
Do you know, I think there has not been one single expression of interest in the past month.
Morning all from gay Paree, wet but mild (9C max).
Last year the world saw the Arab Spring and the domino effect that had in removing corrupt despotic leaders.
How will we the remember the situation that is unfolding daily in Aul Scotia, now that the dominoes are just beginning to tumble?
I find there is something quite poetic about the Whyte Spring.
Hail Hail
Todays saint…why are kids not named after this saint?
St. Baldred
Feastday: March 6
Died: 757
Bishop of Scotland, successor of St. Kentigern in Glasgow. He retired from his see to become a hermit on the Firth of Forth.
Anyone ?
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jc2 on 5 March, 2012 at 21:30 said:
Tickets for CIS final arrived yet ?
Mate in work ordered from Website last Tuesday got them last week.
I ordered mine over the phone earlier last Monday nothing yet.
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seventyxseven ‘gelee et glace’ on 6 March, 2012 at 08:36 said:
Good to see you back here again, doing alright in the valley, enjoy the ongoing drama at Poundland, looking forward to this weekends game, another massive one..
SP
The Token Tim
have you had to make cutbacks too?? Why has your name been shortened? Has Whytey stole the “The”.
The the??
Reminds me , here is a sentence where the word “and” appears 5 times in succession yet makes sense. I think.
Painter doing the new sign to hang outside the pub called “The dog and Duck”
When finished, he calls the landlord out to view his work, points to the new sign and asks “Is that ok?”, to which the landlord replies;
“No it’s not, the space between dog and and, and and and duck, is too big.
Betcha yer glad you logged in this morning eh! That’s 1 min of your life you will never get back.
Absooooooooooooooooooooooooooolutely
Glorious day in the Costa Blanca……………………….
Not a cloud in the sky………………………………………….
Have the huns died yet………………………………………….
BigJoelappingITUP
St Marys Larkhall primary school burnt down last night
schol closed for refurb at the mo with the kids on main st Larkhall
Hi Starry
amazing times. I keep thinking of all the people who would have loved to see this day. Its our duty to celebrate on their behalf!! How’s Ammadeus coping??
blantyretim on 6 March, 2012 at 08:53 said:
St Marys Larkhall primary school burnt down last night
schol closed for refurb at the mo with the kids on main st Larkhall
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Anything sinister in this do you think???;
Expect Duff and Phelps to announce today that they see RATNERS jewellers and WOOLWORTH stores as having great potential ..
HH
blantyretim on 6 March, 2012 at 08:53 said:
St Marys Larkhall primary school burnt down last night
schol closed for refurb at the mo with the kids on main st Larkhall
And so it begins.
JC2
Our tickets arrived last Friday.
SPF
seventyxseven ‘gelee et glace’ on 6 March, 2012 at 08:53 said:
I haven’t spoken to him recently I was laid up with Bronchitis the last couple of weeks just getting back online now, I’ll see if I can track him down, I’m sure he will be guffawing his way through his jelly and ice cream!!
Amazing times indeed, every day a new cut in the fabric of society.
If Minty knew then Mythy knew and if Mythy knew then Coisty knew and if Gazza knew then Bazza knew, ad infinitum!!
Skelping Dundee Utd this weekend would just be the cherry on top!
Hail Hail
Sixtaeseven
Was reading a piece recently about the importance of the internet and the democracization of information, a great step forward for humanity.
Slightly different from the insipid views of Jabba yesterday. The MSM dont get to bully us ever again.
DontPatmadug on 6 March, 2012 at 08:34 said:
desimated = decimated
Decimated means a tenth. Decimation was used to by Roman generals to ‘motivate’ their armies. The soldiers were divided into tens and lots drawn. The loser was then beaten to death by his nine colleagues, hence the army was reduced by a tenth.
Does anyone know if this is what is causing the delay.
Latin lesson over for this morning
HH
Celtfish
Latin lesson for ths
Morning,all.
Repost of a quite superb entry on RTC.
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selfassessor says:
06/03/2012 at 7:59 am
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/9123816/Rangers-face-being-stripped-of-honours-as-SPL-investigates-player-payments.html
Good article ….. and what a response below!
sofbtrc
Yesterday 11:35 PM
Amidst all this excruciatingly embarrassing series of revelations, Fat Sally is reported to have expressed displeasure that there are “some elements” who are enjoying having a wee kick at Rangers while they’re down, and that they had better get their kicks in while they can because Rangers won’t be in this position for long.
What doesn’t he understand?
Rangers have lied and cheated their way to honours for the past 2 decades. They have screwed every other club in Scotland, every supporter and every tax payer. They should hang their heads in shame. Those affected are the people who are now having “a few wee kicks” at Rangers while they’re down.
“A few wee kicks” is getting off far too lightly. This vile club needs to be punished in full for every instance of cheating, every lie, every theft, every (dis)honour won, every ineligible player, every stolen pound from the tax man, every stolen opportunity from another team.
Sally – shut your mouth and show some humility. The actions of your club have brought the game so far into disrepute that we might not remember the way back. You don’t deserve to survive.
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IT’S A BELTER………