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Wasn't that part of their problem? Anything that turned a profit was farmed out so they made less than they should have!

The SFA will want some cash out of them, now and in the future if they survive. Nailing the coffin shut and pouring cement over the top is unlikely evn though it would be

Maybe 3 or 4 kids at a push surrounded by more senior pros who know the game, but if it's 9 or 10 with lee mcculloch then they've no chance. Even if they can start and see out the season, they'll not win the league.

Maybe when they said a slow lingering death, they meant a bout of man flu, and it'll be fine by next Monday?

Don't get too carried away. Non runner at that price and you'll lose 95% of your winnings!

You'll believe in fairy tales next

Has anyone checked if Chuck Verde has registered Club 12 as the next shell company for newcorpse?

Minty Regan is now proposing that instead of a £160k fine, that Newgers get a bye into the final of the cups, and every club they play pays them a sweetener for turning up. You know it makes sense...after all, it's Armageddon otherwise!

That's how I read it, but it's being reported as a done deal. I'd expect that the sevco business plan and finances still need to be scrutinised. This ain't over yet.

Someone needs to tell them they won't need squad numbers in div 3! Another marketing avenue closed

Probably sounds daft, but over 60s on their free bus passes could be targeted with cheap deals to get them in the door.

Don't think I'll be happy until they've kicked their last ball. Doubt they'll last long.

First time I've heard of a cow that's killed itself

Huge attendances - checkTop 2 finish cash - checkChampions league gates - checkChampions league tv money - checkCup run attendances & tv money - checkMassive worldwide following (yeah right) - checkRich sugar daddy owners and hanger on - check Yet with all that, they still couldn't pay their bills, balance the books and play by the rules. So what's different about sevco? Kill them. Dead. Stone dead. Edit - sorry about formatting, damn iPad!

You'd think that since sky were at the heart of the arguments they'd bother to report on it properly. It's like a half arsed tv version of the sun.

Better than the options proposed up to now!

Of course. As long as they apply to join along with other eligible clubs, and have the best case for joining the league at the bottom the same as other new clubs have. This isn't persecution or punishment, it's applying the same rules to everyone.

The meeting is scheduled for 11am. So by the time they've done the formalities of starting the session, you're looking at 11.30 before any real presentations are done. And theres a buffet lunch after the meeting. So if that's as late as say 2pm (and there will be some hungry chairmen by that point), then that's only a couple of hours to debate and vote on such a huge decision.

How much would these subscribers be expected to pay for a single product package? Sky and ESPN are able to sell a their packages on the draw of the EPL, and pad it put with SPL, La Liga etc, and while the subs are primarily paying for the EPL deal, the rest adds value to the subscriber. I subscribe to sky sports, partially out of habit, but don't subscribe to ESPN for the off chance my team is on, and they are only an extra £10 a month. sky currently cover most of my tv viewing football needs. Diluting to multiple suppliers each with their own pricing is not attractive. If SPLTV was say £5, and you got 1/2 million subscribers, you're looking at only £2,500,000 a month, and have to pay all the associated taxes and costs to run it. Would that be enough? even then, £5 a month for a single product that only runs 10 months of the year is relatively steep.

Sounds like mcmoist still doesn't quite get it.

Not sure general social issues are in regan's remit. So he's concerned that 50,000 people won't have anything to do every other Saturday. I dunno, cut the grass, a spot of decorating...maybe a bit of volunteering? WTF has that got to do with his decision? Fuckwit!

Yep, Jim spence just tweeted it will be up in an hour

Hang on....so traynor says the blogs are infiltrated, fed and influenced by the clubs, yet he dismisses the suggestion that the press are influenced in the same way? Why cos, he gets paid and those on the blogs don't? Fanny!

Stuart cosgrove = legend. Can he be the new head of the SPL?

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