ian1964 10,455 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 So what is the point of the fit and proper test? If the SFA think a prospective owner isn't fit and/or proper, what exactly can they do about it? Block the sale of a club? If not, then this is all a moot point really. Regardless of the actual legislation, it makes them look fecking incompetent if nothing else. I don't think they can block the sale of a club TBH?,so what is the purpose of this investigation?. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I don't think they can block the sale of a club TBH?,so what is the purpose of this investigation?. I think they can attempt to block the running of a club by someone they deem unfit by threatening sanctions against said club. I can't see how they can punish the club retrospectively, especially if they had done their job properly at the time, the problem wouldn't have existed. At best they can do in my opinion, is stop Whyte from being custodian of the club in future. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 The weird part is they are obviously making a mockery of their own tenure. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little General 80 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 The weird part is they are obviously making a mockery of their own tenure. they are oblivious to this though. it's a total farce. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergatrude 0 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/08/rangers-disrepute-craig-whyte? Rangers must defend an accusation of bringing Scottish football into disrepute after being hit with that charge by the country's football association. The move by the Scottish FA came after the independent inquiry it set up into events at Ibrox reported its findings on Thursday. The association's board, meanwhile, has deemed that Craig Whyte, the Rangers chairman and majority shareholder, is not a fit and proper person to serve within Scottish football. Rangers' administrators, Duff and Phelps, hope to convince the Scottish FA's judicial panel at a hearing this month that the club should not be heavily punished for offences committed under an earlier regime. If they fail to do that unlimited sanctions are available. "In broad terms, we believe there are mitigating factors and we hope to demonstrate the distinction between the club and the actions of any individuals," said Paul Clark, Rangers' joint administrator. Stewart Regan, the Scottish FA's chief executive, said: "The report submitted by Lord Nimmo Smith, having been considered fully by the board, highlights a number of other potential rule breaches by the club and its owner." Specifically, Rangers have not submitted audited accounts for the last financial year. The SFA is yet to pass judgment on allegations that Rangers players held second contracts during the club's historical use of employee benefit trusts (EBT) but is questioning whether it should have been made aware of the EBT scheme. Rangers also failed to disclose to the game's governing body at the time of his appointment as chairman that Whyte had served a ban from being a company director between 2000 and 2007. Regan added: "It is the belief of the board, taking into account the prima facie evidence presented today, that Mr Craig Whyte is not considered to be a fit and proper person to hold a position within association football. We will be writing to Mr Whyte in relation to those findings and shall seek a response within seven days." A spokesman for Whyte said: "Until that [the letter] happens and he has had an opportunity to consider Lord Nimmo Smith's findings, it would be premature to make any comment." Rangers have been ordered to pay Dundee United the £61,000 in ticket revenue due from a recent Scottish Cup tie or the SFA will impose further penalties. Clark said the administrators believe Whyte cannot enforce his current status as Rangers' secured creditor. Clark added that he is confident significant wage cuts among the Rangers playing staff can finally be agreed before the weekend, with the club looking to save £1m a month. A four-day hearing from 30 March will determine whether Rangers are due £3.6m, earlier controlled by Whyte, which was seized last week at the insistence of a court from a lawyer's account. Other parties, including two companies linked to Whyte, are also claiming all or part of those funds. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergatrude 0 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Are you fucking kidding me? What Lennon done last season was bring the game into disrepute. What have we done? Been bought by an alleged crook.. and under their oh so innocent watch. Cunts. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Amen brother I don't hate Scotland as a country, my comments were purely focused on the game here. What we've seen over the past 3 weeks is almost every anti Rangers agenda surfacing and it appears trying to crucify every part of us. Why this agenda exists I am not sure, but while Portsmouth get financial help from their SFA, ours condemns us further and tries to rub arsenic, lemon and iodine into the wound along with salt. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ergatrude 0 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I couldn't agree more Danny. I'm as patriotic as they come, I love my country, I love everything Scottish. However, in this situation I can't see how we can stay here. We are being told that we are not needed here, then we are being told that we can't leave.. & then we are being told that we will face harsh penalties if we remain. I for one would embrace a new adventure. I would find new stadia enchanting. I'd appreciate the banter rather than hatred. We might not win titles every year, but that would make winning them all the more sweeter when we do. I don't want to devalue any trophies we have, but when we celebrate do we celebrate achieving the merit, the trophy, the history? Or do we celebrate Celtic not winning it? When we are knocked out of a home cup can anyone, hand on heart, say they were upset that Dundee won the cup 2 seasons ago? I was just happy that Celtic never won it. Bring on a new adventure. No one is bigger than the club, & that includes the SPL. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 The one issue with playing down south is it would quite possibly be many years before we ever get our hand on any trophy again. I'd actually be surprised if we even got to the EPL in my lifetime. Even more shocked if we won any silverware at that level. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I'd rather stay, rebuild and say Fuck You to the rest of them. They are trying their bhest to bring us down. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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