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Rangers - SPL or Third Division

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AAroddersAA:
If FIFA impose sanctions nothing much can be done about it. I actually doubt very much Rangers will be in the SPL next year but overall I think it would be far better for Scottish football if they were. Does the TV revenue not help teams like Hearts, Aberdeen and Hibs.

Why do you think it is so unlikely that Celtic (and eventually Rangers) would be accepted into the EPL though. I agree they would be mid table at the moment but would probably get better and become more competitive quite quickly. As far as I know it"s never been properly investigated (correct me if I am wrong on this).

Why would they want to play in a league with the Scandinavian teams when they may be able to play in the EPL.

Very interesting situation though

Scousebill:
It"s not the SPL and now they are trying to use the "Money that we generate" to scare the smaller teams into voting Rangers into Division One. I think with the vote being 8 days away then Rangers will try to use the financial aspect a lot in this time. I still think that the other teams will vote for Rangers to become a Third Division team and in the long run the financial side of it will balance itself out. If they enter the Third division then realistically they will be back in the SPL in 3 or possibly 4 seasons. The other novelty will be the Scottish Cup, they will be in the First Round as a Third Division team and some small Non-league club could make a killing.. Finances which Rangers say they provide will come in very handy for one of these teams.. Roll on 12th July.

Waz1892:
What is the actual vote on? To enter them into the Scottish football league or is that a given and it"s just what division to put them in?

If I was in the scottish league I wouldn"t want to put them in L3, as that makes the next 3 years in the league pointless as they"ll romp away with each league until they go back to prem.

So it seems "sensible" to minimise the timescale and go into L1, making it only 1 year of disruption, not only on the playing sir but financially to for tv and sponsorship.

Santino67:
The whole thing is a real sorry mess and Scottish Football has been a shade or 2 below mediocre for a number of years now, so maybe this is the reality check that was needed. Our top 2 clubs have been paying run of the mill pro"s inflated wages that aren"t relevant to their particular level of skills, simply because they need to win our league over their oldest rivals. Rangers should now give that up and bleed a group of youngsters through the ranks, who hopefully may turn out in 5 years to a more talented bunch than those who"ve been churned out over the past 10 years.

Let"s be honest about it, there"s been very little real class in our leagues since the departures of the likes of Larsson.

Sadly it looks like our SPL one horse race is already over before it started with title winner already known for the next 3 seasons, that shows how farcical the whole situation is.

Scousebill:
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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