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Who knows what the punishment will be, it could just relate to the old club, titles stripped etc.
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Who knows what the punishment will be, it could just relate to the old club, titles stripped etc.
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Gregory Ioannidis @LawTop20 With RFC ending, liabilities and sanctions [Court of Session, dual contracts etc] would also end. This is the main advantage of New Rangers.
Gregory Ioannidis @LawTop20 The 'transfer' of the OldCo's liabilities to the NewCo, would mean a serious violation of the separate corporate personality principle.
Gregory Ioannidis @LawTop20 @Paulmcc12 @evanjhenderson @mdkster Just to help: SPL may vote to apply sanctions to NewCo but it would be in violation of national law
Gregory Ioannidis @LawTop20 The 'transfer' of the OldCo's liabilities to the NewCo, would mean a serious violation of the separate corporate personality principle.
Gregory Ioannidis @LawTop20 @Paulmcc12 @evanjhenderson @mdkster Just to help: SPL may vote to apply sanctions to NewCo but it would be in violation of national law
At the end of the day it now comes down to whether the Rangers fans want to keep the history and titles etc though 3rd division football, or have a crippled club in the SPL. Looks to me like most will want division 3 even if out of spite.
If Rangers go to court again then they risk FIFA getting involved where they're happy at the moment to let the SFA run things. It certainly looks like the mood of the other clubs changed as soon as Rangers went to court over the transfer ban.
If Rangers go to court again then they risk FIFA getting involved where they're happy at the moment to let the SFA run things. It certainly looks like the mood of the other clubs changed as soon as Rangers went to court over the transfer ban.
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Apparently there was a £6m offer in today for the club though Green has already said he wants £10m-£20m depending on source. With Green not having the support of the fans it looks like a drop to the 3rd division is looking more likely, though how they'll maintain Ibrox is anyone's guess.
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Dundee Utd is not Dundee.
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Dundee and Dundee United can't play home games at the same time due to proximity of the two stadiums/policing issues.
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Just read a tweet that said that Rangers are to be stripped of 5 league titles. Not sure if that is just someone talking rubbish or not.
OK. Fairplay. but can you explain what do they do then on the third fixture????
Don
Something will happen:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18496571
Was beginning to think it was all going to be swept under the carpet now.
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Would they even get into the third division as a default? I am sure that club spartans are ready to enter the third division and have met all the criteria the SFL demands. They would and should be rightly peeved if someone else gets infront of them.
The newco would need to apply to the SFL, which would probably open up the space to include Cove Rangers and Spartans' potential applications. Time running out on the whole process before the start of the new season though, with it increasingly looking like the SPL application will be rejected unless Rangers accept any EBT punishments as part of the deal.
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if you have read this whole thread (which im sure you have) accusing rangers or rangers fans of making a decision based purely on spite is maybe a tad hypocritical ?
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no ,smith and mcoll are not looking at rangers as a financial opportunity ,for example greens consortium are.
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I dont think that is even possible (or legal?). If rangers are shown to have cheated striping the affected titles from them is what I believe most fans want to see (if they cheated). You could however impose conditions for a club being voted straight into the top flight. I suppose then you get into an argument of semantics (condition vs sanction).
Imo, any ill gotten gains should be stripped and tainted titles removed from the record books, and newco apply as a new club to the SFL like any new club (with no penalty for the sins of the old company).
It won't be purely based on spite but there are plenty of Rangers fans who want to go to division 3 to make the rest of the SPL clubs suffer for the league going beyond what they see as fair punishment according to the SPL rules. Of course this might have changed with the news that Sky aren't walking away.
The SPL has stated before that the newco application would face further punishments and they're using it as a negotiation tactic to allow Rangers back into the league or force through rule changes (e.g. the voting and ticket money structures). The newco in the 3rd division wouldn't face this extra punishment from what I can see from the reports today, though would face SFA punishment for the transfer ban saga.
There's a technical arguement to be had regarding the transfer ban. As it was the old co that got the ban, how does it apply to the newco if the sins of the old company, in theory, can't be punished by taking it out on the new company? Also if that is the case then surely they should be treated as any other newco coming into the league by coming in at the very bottom and working their way up.
I see pretty much all the SPL chairmen are very much hedging their bets with the newco vote. I wonder just how many of them WILL listen to the voices of their fans? They have been pretty vocal so far. Anyone would think they don't even LIKE Rangers for some reason?
I guess if they aren't in the SPL, the veto of the old firm will obviously be dead n buried. So from that point of view, it would be in Celtics interest to keep Rangers in the SPL (not that they will get to keep it after all this anyway.)
I see pretty much all the SPL chairmen are very much hedging their bets with the newco vote. I wonder just how many of them WILL listen to the voices of their fans? They have been pretty vocal so far. Anyone would think they don't even LIKE Rangers for some reason?
I guess if they aren't in the SPL, the veto of the old firm will obviously be dead n buried. So from that point of view, it would be in Celtics interest to keep Rangers in the SPL (not that they will get to keep it after all this anyway.)
Actually if Rangers are voted back in then the 11-1 voting structure would remain unless Rangers voted against it. They have to get a vote of 11-1 to change that vote. Clever eh?? You have to wonder why these chairmen of the other clubs agreed to it in the first place. Oh yes they wanted the money.
I hope Rangers are using this as a bargaining tool to get back in however even if we dont I fully expect Celtic to be ****** over as whoever comes up will vote yes and Celtic will lose all their power. That will be an interesting vote. Especially if the 11 other club call a vote for shared gate receipts.
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They should offer a reasonable amount then, not 500k more than it was purchased for, which is ridiculous, smacks of nothing more than trying to bully the guy out of his assets.
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