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SFA Ruling: Lifetime ban for Whyte; RFC signing ban for 1 year


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Does anybody think that we should have escaped punishment? Given the parlous state we will find ourself in, it's unlikely that we would have been doing much business anyway.

 

We've been punished for the SFA failing to carry out the fit and proper person test on Whyte.

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We've been punished for the SFA failing to carry out the fit and proper person test on Whyte.

 

That's simply not true.

 

The system in place may not have been robust enough, but we didn't adhere to the rules which were in place.

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Administrators response

 

Duff and Phelps, joint administrators of Rangers Football Club, issued the following statement on the outcome of the SFA disciplinary hearing.

 

Paul Clark, joint administrator, said: "All of us working on behalf of the Club are utterly shocked and dismayed by the draconian sanctions imposed on Rangers in respect of these charges.

 

"It appears that on one hand the disciplinary panel accepted our central argument that responsibility for bringing the Club into disrepute lay with the actions of one individual - Craig Whyte - as is evident from the unprecedented punishment meted out to him.

 

"During this hearing the Club produced compelling evidence from a number of sources that following his takeover, Craig Whyte ran the Club in a thoroughly unaccountable manner, rather than adhering to a long-established and proper form of corporate governance.

 

"The thrust of the charges against the Club focused on non-payment of payroll taxes and evidence was produced that all such decisions in this area were taken by Craig Whyte during his tenure.

 

"Given this evidence, it is difficult to comprehend that the disciplinary panel has seen fit to effectively punish the Club even more heavily than Mr Whyte. As everyone knows, it has already been decided he is not a fit and proper person to run a football club and any further punishment on him will have little or no impact.

 

"However, for Rangers, a ban on signing players will seriously undermine the Club's efforts to rebuild after being rendered insolvent.

 

"Furthermore, we do not know how bidders for the Club will react to these sanctions and what affect they will have on their proposals.

 

"The Club has asked for full written reasons for these decisions and intend to appeal against the findings.''

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