BigBadSaint
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"Embarrassed by their financial hell" "escaped the grip of a shameful death." " It is morally wrong. " "You don't have to be the Chancellor of the Exchequer to work out why your balance sheet is seriously unbalanced. It's written on the wall in great big neon: player wages." "For too many years, too many average foreigners have set up camp here: over-paid, over-valued and over-here." He knows the cause. He knows how it affects those who aren't paid what they're owed as a result. He knows it's morally wrong. On this occasion it's probably even more morally wrong as those high wages were paid in part by cheating the Tax system and in offering EBT enhanced terms cheating other teams of potential players and cheating other competing teams out of prize money as a result of having a stronger squad. ...and yet totally different viewpoint this time round
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I can't see anything other than suspension and I think the CoS judge alluded to it. He pointed out quite clearly that the only sanctions that could be used (and at Rangers request as they have brought the case) were those set in the SFA articles. He says Lord Calloway's appeal tribunal only upheld the original compromise player registration sanction option on the grounds that it was permitted/available, otherwise they thought the misconduct serious enough for suspension to be considered. He didn't rule as he could that the £100,000 fine was all they could give as he recognised that both tribunals who'd judged the matter clearly considered this to be inadequate. Fine ridiculously low - Suspension expulsion too harsh was the view we already knew quoted. So Rangers have gambled massively with this appeal forcing the SFA's hand double or quits style where the double option threatens their very existance. Now they go back to an appeal tribunal which has already judged their behaviour bad enough for consideration of suspension. They'll hope for leniency but now with the addition of having taken FIFA's representative body to court I can't see much being given. Note there is talk of Rangers "willing" to accept a Scottish Cup ban and a six-month transfer embargo. You can't take a case on the grounds that a punishment not set out is illegal then simply accept another compromise because it suits you better because you've suddenly realised what the option have become. Doncaster seemed to think they could still play in SPL under SFA suspension but how would that look to World football and more realistically how could SFA referees take their games? Interesting week.
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Yup Just coming out http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2152082/Besiktas-barred-Europa-League-UEFA.html but very close by that story....who would be perfect as new manager of a club with financial difficulties? http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2931/go-global/2012/05/17/3109800/besiktas-consider-mcleish-as-possible-new-coach? What's Turkish for Employee Benefit Trust ?
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Ahh come on.....I've only been working one morning and we've galloped on 14 pages that's 350 posts (700 if you use Charles Green's calculator) From D&P April reportThe Joint Administrators time costs for the period 14 February 2012 up to and including 31 March 2012 totals £1,199,356. So for a further 2 months work we must be in the £3 million region So the £8.5 million pot becomes barely over £5 million