Mols94 3,669 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My linkRangers will not be punished by the Scottish Football Association for challenging the imposition of a transfer embargo in a court of law.The club contravened the governing body’s rules in raising a complaint over the decision of an independent tribunal at the Court of Session, with FIFA stating action should be taken to prevent football matters being taken to a civil court.Having held discussions with the body for world football, Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan says that although Rangers did go against the rulebook in going to court, no further action will be taken.“There is consideration that we have within our articles where going outside of the Scottish FA's articles and going to a civil court technically could have breached the articles,” Regan said.“However, in light of Lord Glennie's comments, and having discussed the matter with FIFA, it is not our intention to take any action against that.“We are aware of the reasons why Rangers did what they did. We will not be pursuing them for that.”At the Court of Session, Lord Glennie ruled the Scottish FA did not have the jurisdiction to impose a signing embargo on Rangers on a charge of bringing the game into disrepute.The punishment was not on the list of possible sanctions available to the original tribunal which imposed the ban, with the three-man panel instead activating a clause under which they could issue any punishment they saw fit at their discretion.Having successfully challenged that in court, the tribunal will meet again shortly to discuss what punishment, if any, will now be imposed within the existing framework.Rangers have already been fined and could now face being thrown out of the Scottish Cup, suspension from the game or even having their membership of the Scottish FA terminated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,600 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 No surprise there they have fucked up badly in their attempts to kill us off.Remember they are headed by Reagan a man who thinks a Rangers player getting hung is ok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart54 218 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Stewart Regan - The Frank Spencer of cricket football.Incompetence of the highest order. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fantana 28,894 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 they won't pursue us for our actions but they'll penalise within thier limits then be absolute cunts for the rest of their time in charge. business as usual then Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian 4,281 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I disagree.Both the SFA and FIFA know that kicking up a fuss would see them back in court.The SFA don't want that as it immediately gets FIFA on their backs, and FIFA don't want their dodgy rules wrecked in court a la Bosman.The issue isn't big enough for them to take a stand on, so they rightly step back and let it go.I'm sure they will ban us from the SC, they have to be seen to be doing something.A lot of bears, including myself, wanted that boycotted anyway, so they save us the hassle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart54 218 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I disagree.Both the SFA and FIFA know that kicking up a fuss would see them back in court.The SFA don't want that as it immediately gets FIFA on their backs, and FIFA don't want their dodgy rules wrecked in court a la Bosman.The issue isn't big enough for them to take a stand on, so they rightly step back and let it go.I'm sure they will ban us from the SC, they have to be seen to be doing something.A lot of bears, including myself, wanted that boycotted anyway, so they save us the hassle.And by banning us from the SC, doesnt that cut out a chunk of money that would go to them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloret1972 13 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Their own current national team manager took them to court in recent years. Never stopped him getting the job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris182 6,279 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Shock horror. Just shows how bang on the admins were to challenge the ruling. This really shows the SFA up Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KarlG45 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Wonder when the meltdown in Timmyland will begin... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASGOWRFC 101 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 And by banning us from the SC, doesnt that cut out a chunk of money that would go to them? It does!... but we might..i say might, have won a watch here, part of his statement says "the tribunal will meet again shortly to discuss what punishment, if any, will now be imposed within the existing framework.I like the "if any" part Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart54 218 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 It does!... but we might..i say might, have won a watch here, part of his statement says "the tribunal will meet again shortly to discuss what punishment, if any, will now be imposed within the existing framework.I like the "if any" part I wasnt too sure and thats why I asked.So, If the SC ban is what they hit us with, then they are financially cutting their own throat.Oh dear Stewart, maybe you should have stuck to cricket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevotrueblue 382 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Dont want to speak to soon,, but think this effectively says we will not get a suspension or kicked out. Had they done that they would have sited the threat of action on the other scottish clubs as leaving them no choice,, ,now they wid have to say its all their doing and they wont have the balls for that :crabflute: Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleyroad 894 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 i would welcome a ban from the Scottish Cup & set up a few big friendlies with out friends that would bring in some decent money for the Rangers and our opponents oh and it would send out a huge big GIRFUY to the SFA Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyc06 6,915 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My initial reaction was However, I won't be surprised if its a "we won't punish you for taking us to court...." but BOOM right in the davina mccolls... "your suspended for the first round of fixtures" Hopefully this is an end to it and we get nothing more than a year out the Scottish Cup! After all we do have bigger things to worry about at the moment, a la CVA! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tufts1690 75 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 BigJig must have had a word on the phone when Taigan phones up to apologise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyalfollower 1,543 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Surprised at this from that showa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mgg 3,766 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Did the papers print anything about his comments towards McCulloch? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluepeter 5,627 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Did the papers print anything about his comments towards McCulloch? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Got to say, fair play to Regan on this one. If they wanted to, justly or not, they could have kicked up a lot of fuss over this.I would wait until the penalty that replaces the transfer embargo is announced.They may not be taking action for going to court, but they will potentially be expelling or suspending us from football for the original offence.Do not take any good news from these characters at face value. Wait till we know the final content of all SFA punishment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Got to say, fair play to Regan on this one. If they wanted to, justly or not, they could have kicked up a lot of fuss over this.Wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss 1,941 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Got to say, fair play to Regan on this one. If they wanted to, justly or not, they could have kicked up a lot of fuss over this.You're fishing, surely?The only reason the SFA are not charging Rangers with going to court is because they'd lose, and they'd lose because we've done nothing wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 They will hand out as tough a punishment as they can then. Expulsion? No. Suspension? Maybe from the Cup. Or we play in the Cup but are penalised financially? They are not through with us and I would have to think FIFA have told them to penalise us or else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss 1,941 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 They will hand out as tough a punishment as they can then. Expulsion? No. Suspension? Maybe from the Cup. Or we play in the Cup but are penalised financially? They are not through with us and I would have to think FIFA have told them to penalise us or else.They cannot penalise us financially in the SC without us agreeing to some kind of deal - it is simply not a sanction available to them. (Indeed, it's not clear how you can be ejected from something (the SC) that you aren't in yet.)Sanctions are:Fine (max £100k)SuspensionExpulsion from participation in the gameEjection from the Scottish CupTermination of membership Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Got to say, fair play to Regan on this one. If they wanted to, justly or not, they could have kicked up a lot of fuss over this.No they couldn't. They'd just end up back in court. And they know it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny senomar 3 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I disagree.Both the SFA and FIFA know that kicking up a fuss would see them back in court.The SFA don't want that as it immediately gets FIFA on their backs, and FIFA don't want their dodgy rules wrecked in court a la Bosman.The issue isn't big enough for them to take a stand on, so they rightly step back and let it go.I'm sure they will ban us from the SC, they have to be seen to be doing something.A lot of bears, including myself, wanted that boycotted anyway, so they save us the hassle.Spot on, look too closely at any FIFA rule and dodgy isn't the phrase !!!! We have shown a united front and that scares both FIFA and the SFA. All we have done is stand up to corrupt bullies and they realise it. Those in glass houses an' that.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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