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7 hours ago, craigkillie said:

 

Do you have some inside information that the TV deal says the league must start in August? That would seem somewhat unlikely to me - surely it doesn't matter if we actually start in October as long as we deliver the number of contracted games promised. Even if the season ends up being shortened, the deal is only for 48 games, which the SPFL would obviously still be able to deliver to Sky, albeit the value might be reduced without the 4 Old Firm matches.

I'm sure one of the chairman (can't remember who) on Sportsound last weekend ethier Les Grey or Dave Cormack said that the Deal stipulate the league had to start in August.

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8 hours ago, Fae_the_'briggs said:

According to D&G Standard,   furloughed players,  Managers,  Coaches,  etc, aren't permitted to discuss football matters with the media.  

That's ok.

Not many of them know much about football anyway.

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14 hours ago, Yenitit said:

Don’t rule anything out. 

You literally can. Theres only 3 options.

The league is either played to a finish before August 2, or called on the same basis as the lower tiers. UEFA is allowing league to end early and retain qualification, news that came out two days ago. Then theres reconstruction. 

The, current, Dutch plan is not happening in Scotland. No matter how hard the "*** alliance" of Rangers, Hearts, Dundee, Falkirk and Stranraer stamp their feet about it.

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4 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:

 

The, current, Dutch plan is not happening in Scotland. No matter how hard the "*** alliance" of Rangers, Hearts, Dundee, Falkirk and Stranraer stamp their feet about it.

Go back to bed if you're gonna spout shite like that. Fs.

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Just now, Speroni*1 said:

Go back to bed if you're gonna spout shite like that. Fs.

You're fine, it's the Dundee fans ( @Yenitit/ @Bigmouth Strikes Again) who are being all hunnish and roving the forum demanding leagues are voided entirely to prevent rivals winning leagues.

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15 hours ago, Yenitit said:

Yeah we voted for the 3 bottom leagues not the top.
 

No promotion in or relegation out in the Dutch top flight. I’m pretty sure Rangers and Hearts will be pushing pretty hard for this 

Impressed that someone has managed to make themselves look like the biggest tit on a thread that weetoonlad has posted in.

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14 hours ago, DA Baracus said:

I thought Dundee fans were ok with United going up?

Yeah the tantrums are just for show.

FWIW I reckon the majority of them are, it’s the immature ones that have the problem.

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18 hours ago, Speroni*1 said:

"Dear All,

"You will all be aware of reports in the press, calling for an independent investigation and for the suspension of SPFL’s chief executive Neil Doncaster and SPFL’s legal counsel Rod McKenzie in relation to the resolution that enabled the payment of nearly £2 million to Championship, League One and League Two clubs.

"The focus of the questions raised in the press concerned the events of the evening of Friday 10 April, when Dundee FC attempted to return a voting slip to the SPFL in connection with the resolution.

"In order to ensure complete probity and independence during this process, on Thursday 16 April, Deloitte LLP, a leading global provider of audit and assurance services, was appointed by the SPFL’s independent non-executive directors to carry out a comprehensive and independent investigation into the factual chronology relating to Dundee FC’s return.

"Deloitte has completed its forensic investigation and the findings confirm the following sequence of key events on 10 April 2020.

"Sequence of key events on 10 April 2020.

"1. An SPFL Board Meeting commenced at 17:00 on Friday 10 April 2020. At the start of the meeting 38 returns had been identified as received, and 1 further return was received during the meeting at 17:10, bringing the total number of returns to 39. Ladbrokes Premier: 10 returns in favour, 1 against Ladbrokes Championship: 7 returns in favour, 2 against Ladbrokes Leagues One and Two: 16 returns in favour, 3 against.

"It was noted during the meeting that one vote remained outstanding from the Premiership, one from the Championship, and one from Leagues One and Two.

"2. The Board meeting concluded at around 17:15.

"3. At 17:15, Neil Doncaster called Dundee FC Managing Director, John Nelms, and left a message asking whether Dundee FC intended to submit a return.

"4. At 17:39, Neil Doncaster had a conversation with John Nelms and confirmed that as far as he knew, no vote had been returned from Dundee FC. John Nelms thought Dundee FC’s vote may have been returned, but would make enquiries.

"5. At 17:50, Eric Drysdale (Dundee FC Club Secretary) spoke to Iain Blair (SPFL’s Company Secretary and Director of Operations) asking whether Dundee FC’s return had been received. Iain Blair confirmed that it had not.

"6. At 18:00, a text was received by Iain Blair, from Eric Drysdale, intimating that the Dundee FC vote should not be considered as cast.

"7. At around 20:30, Ian Blair accessed the SPFL’s email quarantine system (which is a feature of the email system operated by a separate third party) at the suggestion of Rod Mackenzie and identified an unread email from Eric Drysdale that had been sent at 16:48 on 10 April 2020. Iain Blair released the quarantined email and it appeared in his SPFL email inbox at 20:55.

"Prior to identifying the quarantined email at around 20:30, no one from the SPFL had seen the email from Eric Drysdale.

"Deloitte’s examination of phone records, mobile communications (including texts) and email data has identified no evidence of improper behaviour by SPFL personnel concerning the submission of the Dundee FC vote.

"I hope that Scottish football will now focus on the significant issues that face our game, otherwise many clubs may not survive this period.

"We will have to be forward-thinking, and work collegiately to quickly present ideas and proposals to Scottish Government and others which will enable Scottish football to recover and progress.

"Make no mistake, this is a critical time for all clubs, and we must concentrate on what is important to the future of our game.

"Yours faithfully,

"Karyn McCluskey

"SPFL Independent Non-Executive Director"

Every email system I've dealt with has sent a message along the lines of 'an email to you from xxxx with subject line yyyy has been quarantined.  If you want to see this email, please contact your system admin'.

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30 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

You probably live in a cave then.

I’m reasonably techy but I’ve never heard that word being used in regards to an email.

Unless it’s just a fancy name for a junk folder.

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