ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 They are merging the bodies. They probably won't call it the SPL.And? It doesn't matter what they call it. It's still going to be the same people running it. Still the same old teams etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 So do you think we will be put into the spl2 then?Surely sky want the OF games Back ASAPCharles Green doesn't want to go back and he's the main man at Rangers just now so i don't know what any of this means for us? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperAllyLeeds92 0 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 What will this all mean for us and Charles Green? it would mean one season hopefully in a 3rd division of 18 teams, then following season in theory half way through we could be playing-off v. bottom 4 spl teams for 4 promotion places to spl the next season. Slightly easier route to spl perhaps unless i'm being denseI cant see it getting the required sfl club votes, whats in it for the bottom 18? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
linfield1690 4,249 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Could it be that spl is in so much debt it will be liquidated and a new body formed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 And? It doesn't matter what they call it. It's still going to be the same people running it. Still the same old teams etc.CG said there would have to be changes to the running of the game away from the current set-up. He didn't expand on it, as far as I know, and there are no details to this proposal in terms of who will run the game. Did you think that they were going to change the names of the SPL teams? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 CG said there would have to be changes to the running of the game away from the current set-up. He didn't expand on it, as far as I know, and there are no details to this proposal in terms of who will run the game.Did you think that they were going to change the names of the SPL teams? No, But it doesn't matter what they call the league the people who are running it at the moment will still be there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblueal 2,117 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 The change is being rushed through to incorporate Rangers in the single league body By next season (but in the bottom league). The idea is that our TV rights are sold to Sky as part of the package when the new deal is brokered for next season. If they failed to move to one body by next season Rangers could refuse the SPL rights to sell our games to Sky which would result in a pathetic deal or no deal at all. In other words 3 or 4 teams could end up in admin. As usual we are the mercy of the rest of Scottish football. Our pulling power is being used and we gain little from it. Your move Charlie, make it a good one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain1712 336 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I cant see it getting the required sfl club votes, whats in it for the bottom 18?Another season in the same league as rangers and a cut of the tv money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimgers 565 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Jimbo Traynor is against the new set up, so that tells me our club is going against it too. So we need the support of other clubs to oppose it, so what are they waiting for get contacting the SFL chairmen.Let's bin these proposals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandblue 366 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 What is in it for the SPL clubs.Their league is dying on its arse so they will revive iit by going from 12 clubs to eh 12 clubs.They are also losing money hand over fist so they will now cut their income by increasing payments to the SFL,My first reaction is this is a pile of pish and my second this is a pile of pish Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewGer 606 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 They are merging the bodies. They probably won't call it the SPL.I wouldn't bet on that. "Right lads so this merger, we will take the 'S' and the 'L' from your name and the 'P' from ours. Sounds fair yes?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeReadyStu 70 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Both plans are just plain stupid, there hasn't been enough proper thinking or consultation going into this it's just being rushed through as sponsorship ends at the end of the current season, in the long term, there just setting themselves up for another problem. This restructuring doesn't solve any of the problems we have in Scottish Football, it just ignores them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 More clubs will go bust with this plan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITNEY IS NOT FEELING IT 8,293 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Could it be that spl is in so much debt it will be liquidated and a new body formed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 3,930 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 What's going to happen to the 2 teams that wont meet the 12-12-18 cut? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain1712 336 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 What's going to happen to the 2 teams that wont meet the 12-12-18 cut?Erm..... 12+12+18= 42 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 3,930 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Erm..... 12+12+18= 42Blonde moment Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamgers 1,214 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 More clubs will go bust with this plan.Fucking good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger50champ 300 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 The change is being rushed through to incorporate Rangers in the single league body By next season (but in the bottom league). The idea is that our TV rights are sold to Sky as part of the package when the new deal is brokered for next season.If they failed to move to one body by next season Rangers could refuse the SPL rights to sell our games to Sky which would result in a pathetic deal or no deal at all. In other words 3 or 4 teams could end up in admin.As usual we are the mercy of the rest of Scottish football. Our pulling power is being used and we gain little from it. Your move Charlie, make it a good one. thats it in a nutshell Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethepeople1 3,897 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 So they want us under their jurisdiction to use our pull to get money for everyone else, but keep us the bottom division? Am I getting this right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblueal 2,117 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 So they want us under their jurisdiction to use our pull to get money for everyone else, but keep us the bottom division? Am I getting this right?Yes you are. Keeping us at the bottom isn't really part of it that's just a consequence of their mental structure. But yes, they need us under their umbrella. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
God save charles green 73 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I wouldn't bet on that. "Right lads so this merger, we will take the 'S' and the 'L' from your name and the 'P' from ours. Sounds fair yes?"ha ha ha that made me laugh out loud Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 for years I always thought that one footballing body was they way forward.....but to do it like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRICKY1872 118 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Listening to quotes from Regan and Doncaster it reeks of SPL clubs who colluded to fuck rangers over waking up to the fact they commited financial suicide by doing so. They now want to be thrown a lifeline. It absolutely stinks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRICKY1872 118 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 And? It doesn't matter what they call it. It's still going to be the same people running it. Still the same old teams etc.Without being funny, despite what happens with reconstruction do you really see all the teams in the SPL at present being replaced by a whole new set of teams by the time we get back to the top tier? Or ever really? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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