ray_of_licht

I can see the bits in bold happening.

Sevco Reserves, Sevco U19, Sevco Academy, Rangers Ecosse (G di Stefano), Rangers Legends (Andy Goram), Legends of Rangers (Andy Goram)

Good question

Scottish Football League clubs received proposals from the league board on Wednesday, following negotiations between their chief executive, David Longmuir, and his counterparts at the Scottish FA and Scottish Premier League. SFL chairmen have been asked to consider the plans and, if in favour, give their vote on Friday to approve them and, in turn, allow Rangers to participate in the First Division in season 2012/13. The following text is taken verbatim from the proposals as sent to clubs. Draft Heads of Terms A) In the event that Sevco Scotland Limited is admitted as Associate Member of Scottish Football League and that Rangers FC shall be directed to play in the First Division of the SFL during season 2012/13 by resolutions approved by general meeting by SFL on Friday 13th July, then the following are to be implemented. Subject to The Rangers FC plc (in administration) signing a stock transfer in favour of Dundee or Dunfermline FC, a resolution will be tabled to a general meeting of the SPL to approve the registration of the transfer of that share. A payment of a minimum of £1 million + VAT will be made by the SPL to SFL to purchase the broadcasting and other rights in respect of SFL Division One next season. A resolution will be tabled to a general meeting to allow for play-offs at end of season 2012/13. A working party will be formed, including three representatives from both the SPL and SFL, to devise a new structure for the senior professional game in Scotland. a) The introduction of an enlarged top tier for Scottish Senior Professional Football. b) A new detailed model for senior professional football in Scotland including number of divisions; number of clubs per division; number of matches per season per division; number of promotion and relegation places per division and the introduction and operation of play-offs. c) I) A combined rule book II) Governance recognising that one league body should have a chairman and two non-executive directors (to be appointed by the board and nominated by a panel with equal representation between i. the top division and ii. the other divisions). Three directors elected by clubs in top division and two directors elected by clubs in remaining divisions. III) In the event that any change to the rules has any bearing on position rights, divisional structure including promotion and relegation, then any change would require the support of 75% outside of top tier of football clubs. IV) An all through distribution model, providing certainty for all clubs as to the percentage of distributable income that would be received. V) An integrated executive. d) The introduction of a pyramid for Scottish football to provide a route for licensed clubs to enter the new structure effective 2014/2015. e) The value and number of parachute payments to be made across the new structure. f) The Scottish FA to invest in a restructuring budget to facilitate the delivery of the above domestic structure. In the event that a final decision is not reached by 30th November 2012, the Scottish FA will seek to implement a new structure in time for the 2013/2014 season. The members of the working party including Chairman will be announced in the near future and will ensure consultation with all stakeholders prior to final recommendations being made. These heads of terms are not intended to be a contractual agreement which is legally binding between the parties. http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/rangers/110606-in-full-proposal-made-to-sfl-clubs-to-allow-rangers-into-first-division/

More tattie planting

£1.5m for "heritable properties"? http://m.stv.tv/sport/football/clubs/rangers/110361-charles-green-paid-275m-for-rangers-player-contracts-and-registrations/

Too much fans

Dearie me. If you can't count on Donald Findlay, who can you count on?

Would you like some cheese to go with that whine?

From the BBC Sport live feed thingy He didn't really say that last bit, did he? I'm worried he's having a stroke. Not like that you filthy buggers

Hmmmm

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out in anger and were hosed down in bullshit and corporate speak. Oh, that'd explain it......

^^^ away to do the ironing

Andy Coyle from STV just pointed something out Those criteria are on pg 45 of Henry McLeish's Review of Scottish Football Reconstruction back on the Agenda The SPL has been giving serious consideration to league reconstruction. In the current situation there can be no absolute guarantees that any one of the permutations now being discussed will achieve all the objectives we would like to see or improve the capacity of the game to deal with issues that lie ahead. This does not mean that league reconstruction should not be considered, just that we have to be aware that after 12 years of the new league set up we have to make sure our assessment of performance and evaluation of options is sound. Some of these criteria are: · Stability and security at least in the short and medium term; · Sustainable finance; · Intensify the competition; · Improve the through-put of young talent; · The ability to develop new business and community models; · A more equitable distribution of finance within the structure; · There is a value to all clubs and each has a variety of different ways to move forward; · Each club recognises their contribution to the national game; · A more attractive product on the pitch; · Modern and progressive governance; · Enhance the brands and the credibility and integrity of the game; · Improve our European coefficient and our UEFA ranking; · Incentivise clubs to have more talented young people in first team pools; · Secure ways of giving young players more playing time and a new role for colts teams; · Better dialogue and less fragmentation within the structure; · Maintain and add to current sponsorship details; · Seek to ensure better return from broadcasting; · More experimentation in how the games are organised and played; · Acknowledge the importance of Rangers and Celtic to any League structure and accept that this should be reciprocated by both clubs in the way the respect and assist wider developments in Scottish football; · Seek new ways of improving attendances; · Grow the game. It looks like the third last bullet point has been the starting point for recent stupidity.

YOUR GAME–YOUR CLUB–YOUR FUTURE The Scottish Football League, for the last number of days, has been involved in intensive discussions with The Scottish Premier League, The Scottish Football Association and other crucial stakeholders in our game, to try and address, in a positive way, the current critical issues affecting our game. The Scottish Football League will today send a briefing document to its member clubs – a logical and positive communication which will hopefully eliminate some of the understandable doubt, threats and insecurities that are apparent within the game at the moment. The consultation document will fully explain the short and long-term benefits of a number of scenarios which we will be considering at a full Club Meeting next week. The Scottish Football League is trying to address the question of whether we are in a position to accommodate a solution to the Rangers F.C. scenario. We are trying to achieve a solution which will be in the best interests of The Scottish Football League and the wider game. David A. Longmuir Chief Executive, SFL 28th June, 2012.

Refusing to move Sone Aluko Steven Davis John Fleck Kyle Lafferty Rhys McCabe Allan McGregor Steven Naismith Jamie Ness Juan Manuel Ortiz Steven Whittaker Moving to newco Kyle Hutton Lee McCulloch Lee Wallace Returned to training Neil Alexander Kirk Broadfoot Darren Cole Scott Gallacher Chris Hegarty Kane Hemmings Salim Kerkar Andy Mitchell Kal Naismith Ross Perry Currently undeclared Alejandro Bedoya Carlos Bocanegra Maurice Edu Dorin Goian Out of contract David Healy Andrew Little STV's in or out list here

Will it still be a brick?

Happy to help. I'm away to read about string theory or learn Esperanto or something else that's much easier to grasp than whats going on at Sevco (Shady Shenanigans a Speciality since 2012)

There's been spome jiggerypokery and no one appears to know what it means, if anything. "the floating charge transferred to previous owner Craig Whyte is still outstanding over the Murray Park .... However, it is unclear if this would have any impact on Sevco's ownership of the facility" "...standard security granted to the Scottish Sports Council over the training ground, created in 2002, is also still active according to the registry, but again it is unclear if it would have any bearing over Sevco's purchase." "The relationship between the two Sevco companies is currently unclear..." So, in conclusion - shit happened. Maybe. We dunno.

Broadfoot to Exeter? If that turns out to be true...... L.O.L

Re: the guy on BBC Shortbread. David Roberts (@thesportslawguy)

Despair deepens when he's referred to as "fans chief".

I assume it those lovely chaps that have been giving the STV guys a hard time

It's looking good in SFL1 but meanwhile at the bottom of the heap there's Montrose chairman Derek Sim saying that "They would be welcomed by the Third Division clubs. Playing Rangers twice a season at home and going to a stadium like Ibrox would be a huge boost for our league."

It's an Alaskan Life Assurance conglomerate