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17 minutes ago, paranoid android said:

Is it not the case that the dossier contains allegations that club's CEOs were bullied?

It's not the case, no. All the supposed 'bullying' amounts to is that something like half of the Championship clubs pointed out they'd vote against Dundee and ICT getting extra prize money for a season if they were choosing to nullify it. Those clubs not only had the right to say something like that and vote in a way that had consequences to Dundee and ICT they wouldn't like, they were obviously *in* the right - you can't give people prizes for a tournament they're choosing to void. What's alleged doesn't constitute bullying.

Even if this does somehow constitutes bullying (and it doesn't), it wasn't the SPFL doing it, but Championship clubs doing it to each other. Rangers should have directed that part of the dossier to the chairman of Alloa Athletic, not Neil Doncaster.

 

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What would happen to the prize money and euro spots if the Premiership was declared null and void? If the prize money was to be shared equally that could make the voting interesting.

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12 minutes ago, Aim Here said:

It's not the case, no. All the supposed 'bullying' amounts to is that something like half of the Championship clubs pointed out they'd vote against Dundee and ICT getting extra prize money for a season if they were choosing to nullify it. Those clubs not only had the right to say something like that and vote in a way that had consequences to Dundee and ICT they wouldn't like, they were obviously *in* the right - you can't give people prizes for a tournament they're choosing to void. What's alleged doesn't constitute bullying.

Even if this does somehow constitutes bullying (and it doesn't), it wasn't the SPFL doing it, but Championship clubs doing it to each other. Rangers should have directed that part of the dossier to the chairman of Alloa Athletic, not Neil Doncaster.

 

So rangers' dossier doesn't suggest bullying? 

That goes against something I read on here earlier today.

Fair enough if that's the case.

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20 minutes ago, paranoid android said:

So rangers' dossier doesn't suggest bullying? 

That goes against something I read on here earlier today.

Fair enough if that's the case.

Rangers certainly used the term 'bullying' and 'coercion' in their statements and the tweets, despite what Stuart Robinson has claimed recently.

But no, the actual dossier doesn't contain allegations that amount to anything that could reasonably be described as clubs being bullied, even if some folks out there are unreasonably using the word.

 

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2 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

Ronnie MacDonald and Les Gray are both Rangers fans so as suggested above Hamilton Accies are likely to be on Rangers side. Hearts are also a no brainer given how pleased they are to be relegated when null and void was definitely a viable option. In days gone by Jan Stepek leaned the other way in a big way, so hasn't always been that way with Hamilton Accies.

I don’t think Hamilton will definitely be on side. Les Gray has already come out and rubbished the bullying claims. But I guess if Rangers have dropped that he may come round.

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35 minutes ago, Aim Here said:

Rangers certainly used the term 'bullying' and 'coercion' in their statements and the tweets, despite what Stuart Robinson has claimed recently.

But no, the actual dossier doesn't contain allegations that amount to anything that could reasonably be described as clubs being bullied, even if some folks out there are unreasonably using the word.

 

What about alleged 'threats', if not allegations of bullying?

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5 minutes ago, paranoid android said:

What about alleged 'threat's, if not allegations of bullying?

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"Threats" is Rangers choice of words on their dossier.

Others might describe them as "statements of intention" or such like.

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1 hour ago, welshbairn said:

What would happen to the prize money and euro spots if the Premiership was declared null and void? If the prize money was to be shared equally that could make the voting interesting.

If the season was null and void, no clubs would have League positions to payout on. Sky and BT could also claim back all of their sponsorship money as the season didn't exist. 

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11 minutes ago, paranoid android said:

What about alleged 'threats', if not allegations of bullying?

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Rangers call it a 'threat', but it's not an actual allegation of a threat. What they're describing is Championship clubs voting to not pay the higher-placed league clubs prize money based on league positions, if there's no league positions to base prize money on, due to Dundee and ICT voting to void the league. They're being reminded of a perfectly fair consequence of their actions.

It's no more a 'threat' than the shopkeeper at your local corner shop is making a 'threat' by saying that he'll take that pint of milk and packet of hob nobs off you if you don't pay him the money you owe him for them.

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6 minutes ago, Aim Here said:

Rangers call it a 'threat', but it's not an actual allegation of a threat. What they're describing is Championship clubs voting to not pay the higher-placed league clubs prize money based on league positions, if there's no league positions to base prize money on, due to Dundee and ICT voting to void the league. They're being reminded of a perfectly fair consequence of their actions.

It's no more a 'threat' than the shopkeeper at your local corner shop is making a 'threat' by saying that he'll take that pint of milk and packet of hob nobs off you if you don't pay him the money you owe him for them.

Even so, if the document alleges threats, and asks why Doncaster didn't act on three separate points - that shouldn't be ignored, imo.

If the Dundee and Inverness CEOs reported these 'threats', did they do so thinking that Doncaster would do nothing? 

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6 minutes ago, paranoid android said:

Even so, if the document alleges threats, and asks why Doncaster didn't act on three separate points - that shouldn't be ignored, imo.

If the Dundee and Inverness CEOs reported these 'threats', did they do so thinking that Doncaster would do nothing? 

What business is it of Neil Doncaster if championship clubs want to discuss amongst each other how they want to vote? It's not wrongdoing, and even if it is, it's certainly not wrongdoing by the SPFL. You seem hung up on the wording of 'alleges threats'. It doesn't allege a threat, it alleges some perfectly reasonable activity, under the headline of 'threat', and the hypothetical intended activity that constitutes the supposed 'threat' isn't from the SPFL, it's from a bunch of Championship clubs.

If anything, Doncaster stepping in to interfere with how Championship clubs want to vote at upcoming elections would be the kind of interference that Rangers & co would ordinarily frown on.

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15 minutes ago, kingjoey said:

If the season was null and void, no clubs would have League positions to payout on. Sky and BT could also claim back all of their sponsorship money as the season didn't exist. 

If this was the case and Sky and BT wanted their cash back, would this mean that we could claim back what we've paid for Sky and BT sport?

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3 minutes ago, LincolnHearts said:

 

If this was the case and Sky and BT wanted their cash back, would this mean that we could claim back what we've paid for Sky and BT sport?

You could try.

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