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Rangers - SPL or Third Division
AAroddersAA:
--- Quote from: Scousebill on July 06, 2012, 00:49:18 AM ---
I will bet anybody now, for a small charitable sum, that if Rangers do start again in the Third Division that they will not get three direct promotions back to the SPL...
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They are bound too, I STILL don"t think they will start in Div 3 though
Jon MW:
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on July 13, 2012, 21:50:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: Scousebill on July 06, 2012, 00:49:18 AM ---
I will bet anybody now, for a small charitable sum, that if Rangers do start again in the Third Division that they will not get three direct promotions back to the SPL...
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They are bound too, I STILL don"t think they will start in Div 3 though
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There are a few people who have this idea.
It strikes me as particularly unusual - everything to do with integrity and the actual rules suggests they should start in Div 3.
But financially everyone loses out by this - it"s most peculiar that the financial loss doesn"t seem to have swayed the argument.
Scousebill:
I don"t say that I know everything about football, and especially Scottish Football but I"m getting it right so far.. Rangers at this moment in time are only a big name.. They have lost many players from the top to the very bottom. Many youth players left at the start of the problems to help save the club money on wages and it took a month or so before the top earners agreed. Rangers have been correctly placed into Division Three. The financial aspect hasn"t and shouldn"t of come into it anyway. The Newco Rangers would never of been able to generate enough money for them to survive in the first division, nevermind bounce straight back into the SPL. Where would the instant money come from to pay the higher wages?
This isn"t over yet.. Rangers were deducted 10 points for what was found at the time. Other irregularities have come to light since that can incur penalties and that is why Newco Rangers wanted a guarantee that if they started in League One that no further penalties would be incurred. I can see the new season being a difficult one with Youth and third rate players having to start the season with a 10 point penalty.
Santino67:
--- Quote from: Jon MW on July 13, 2012, 21:55:44 PM ---
But financially everyone loses out by this - it"s most peculiar that the financial loss doesn"t seem to have swayed the argument.
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The likes of Elgin, Peterhead et al will finiancially be better off with their inflated home gates and 2 visits to Ibrox. The Division 2 & 1 clubs will get similar benefits once Rangers get promoted up the ladder so everyone lower down is a winner. The biggest losers are the Rangers fans and staff and those other teams who will very probably follow them once the financial implications higher up start to bite. A real sorry mess caused by a few individuals who didn"t balance the books properly, and then added insult to injury by doing a few Delboy moves to help cover things up :-[
Scousebill:
Agree totally with your post Santino... Things will get worse before they get better.. Financially, whoever finishes second in the SPL will be in the European Cup for a few seasons.. It is similar to when FC United of Manchester formed and had to play in the North West Counties.. The smaller teams were made up.. 4,000 gates when they were used to less that 100.. Most of the third division clubs will get by with the gate revenue from the Rangers games until something sorts itself out. This vote has been swayed by finance, but swayed by what each club can get from match revenue, not some handout from the SPL. Correct decision all round I would say...
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