The PLAYERS saved paying tax on the ebt's .we gained no sporting advantage by not officially declaring the ebts to the sfa ( the players would have been correctly registered either way). iirc hmrc were claiming approx 10 million in unpaid tax over 10 years (after interest and fines ,it rocketed to the estimated 16/45/80 million ) When paying 2/3 million regularly on players ,to say we couldn't afford another million a year is laughable .