EdinburghBlue

Because Rangers are entitled to this and the diddy teams must know their place.

Non-repayable EBT loans.

Maybe they could join the Scottish Schools Football Association "OBJECT 2. The object of the Association shall be to foster the mental, moral and physical development and improvement of pupils through the medium of Association Football and to help charitable funds and purposes."

I have posted this before: SFL Rule 13 "MEMBERSHIP NOT TRANSFERRABLE Membership of the League (whether full or associate) shall not be transferrable, save that (a) a Member wishing to change its legal form (whether from unincorporated association to corporate body or otherwise where the ownership and control of both bodies are or will be substantially identical); or (b) a transfer within the same administrative group for the purposes of a solvent reconstruction only; may be permitted by the Board upon prior written application for consent and giving such details of the proposed transfer as the Board may reasonably request for the purpose of considering such transfer. The Board may refuse such application or grant same upon such terms and conditions as it shall think fit." So I don't think the Cowdenbeath scenario would work.

On the other hand, if you are not a Rangers fan...

The BBC inadvertently revealing a cunning plan to revive Rangers by changing sport to cricket: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18598285

Prescient of them to remove the five *s

Somebody should tell them... SPL member clubs

Criteria are not the same as conditions. Content that normal criteria should be applied (SFA membership, three years accounts, financial stability, good corporate governance,etc). But if the outcome is that a resurrected Rangers are admitted different conditions should be applied to that membership, conditions which at least attempt to make the competition fairer.

Corrected

Now that it looks increasingly certain that a resurrected Rangers will not be admitted to the SPL, we should turn our attention to what conditions might be attached to their admission to the SFL. In my view it would be unreasonable to charge them more than the standard £1000 (plus VAT) Application Fee, since that would be unjust if their application was ultimately unsuccessful. However, I think it is a different matter with the standard £1000 (plus VAT) Admission Fee. This is clearly set on the basis of normal financial expectations for lower league clubs. But since we would expect a resurrected Rangers to get back into the SPL fairly quickly, a higher fee would surely be appropriate. I think we should be looking at at least £1 million (plus VAT). This is a fairly small amount given their future turnover expectations. It should be distributed equally amongst SFL clubs, but with some for previous SFL applicants who might reasonably have expected to be admitted next time there was a vacancy. It would have a significant impact on the short-term funding for some of these clubs, contributing to an overall rise in standards. There is also the question of gate receipts. In my view it would be powerfully reasonable for the SFL to say that for the next three years gate receipts should be shared between teams. This would allow teams to benefit from a share of the gates for the visit to Ibrox. Again it would give some reward for allowing a new club into the SFL ahead of others who had already applied on a number of occasions. However, the benefit of this might not be as great as might be expected. I can remember attending many games at Ibrox in the 1970s/early 1980s when attendances were very low, sometimes below 10,000. Of course not coincidental that this was the time when we had our most competitive top league in decades. Also that we performed well in Europe. And we had a good national side. A time we should be aspiring to recreate.

SFL Rule 13 MEMBERSHIP NOT TRANSFERRABLE Membership of the League (whether full or associate) shall not be transferrable, save that (a) a Member wishing to change its legal form (whether from unincorporated association to corporate body or otherwise where the ownership and control of both bodies are or will be substantially identical); or (b) a transfer within the same administrative group for the purposes of a solvent reconstruction only; may be permitted by the Board upon prior written application for consent and giving such details of the proposed transfer as the Board may reasonably request for the purpose of considering such transfer. The Board may refuse such application or grant same upon such terms and conditions as it shall think fit.

Let us hope you are correct. However, it is worrying that the SFL could be in a position where the only applicant for a vacancy is the newco and they feel forced to let them in rather than run with a 9 team Third Division. So I think we need to establish a campaign here to ensure that there is at least one other applicant for any vacancy.

For once it is a delight to agree with a Queen of the South supporter! Collectively the clubs must take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to reinvigorate the Scottish game. "There has never been a better chance so let's grab it" Spot on!

If I were a Rangers fan I would be very worried about this basic misunderstanding of the law. Makes me wonder whether he is just in it for the money. Some free shares which he can then flog to the fans and walk away with a huge profit. Wish I could afford to subscribe to the newco

It's really rather simple. The entity Rangers FC with its 54 titles etc. will cease to exist. Green (or whoever) will buy some of that old entity's assets. These will include premises etc. He cannot buy history. (To labour the point, what if the administrators tried to sell off title to the individual titles. 'What am I bid for a ECWC? A UEFA final? The 1896 Glasgow Cup?' Maybe I should start a fund to buy a Scottish Cup or League Cup for my club. Ridiculous.) So whatever he and fans of the new club may argue it would be a completely new entity that just happens to play at Ibrox (or the Ryanair stadium or whatever it will be known in future), happens to play in blue, inappropriately has 5 stars on its badge, etc etc. Rangers are gone, irrespective of whether a newco appears in the Premier League, SFL3, a junior league or the Govan and District pub league.

Didn't do it because the SPL membership and SFA membership don't transfer. The newco would have to reapply. And as the players' union and lawyers have repeatedly pointed out, while the players can transfer under TUPE, they don't have to. So if you were one of the top players, you walk to a Premiership/Championship club and pocket (part of) the transfer fee as a signing bonus. Is that not what Wylde did?

... and Margaret Thatcher's resignation

More reasonable would be to ban them until 31 December, so would not be able to participate until Round 4.

Revive the Glasgow Cup

Doesn't mean they will actually get paid. Most likely they will just become creditors.

Do they not realise that English football needs a strong Darlington?

No, but FIFA and UEFA can suspend the SFA's membership so de facto the same thing.

The 10 should do this anyway, but on the basis of equal shares of TV and sponsorship money. Then we might have a league worth watching.

Technically correct, but with all the guff from SPL chairmen about how important Rangers are for Scottish football I've no doubt that the SPL will agree to give them a 20 point start for the next few years to compensate them for the dreadful treatment they have had from the SFA who dared to fine them for breaching rules that everyone should realise applied to all bar two clubs.