SFL ready to cash in quick

[ian1964 10,548]

SFL clubs fear losing an SPL jackpot unless they rush through league reconstruction.

League chief David Longmuir met with club supremos yesterday and urged them to move quickly.

Longmuir said: â??Itâ??s to do with opportunity. The opportunity is there at the moment and who knows what can happen in a year. Who knew what would happen in the past year? You have to take opportunity sometimes and balance it against the risk of not doing it.

â??Thereâ??s an opportunity here to put the pillars of progress in place for Scottish football. It might be a short window if we donâ??t capitalise on it.

â??That is the mentality. That is the feeling we have at the moment.â?

Ally McCoist was at Hampden as Rangers were one of 28 SFL clubs who backed plans to push ahead with talks to create two top leagues of 12.

Dunfermline supremo John Yorkston revealed the new set-up would mean a £300,000 cash bonanza for his club.

The SFL must now decide whether one league of 18 or two leagues of ten will sit below the top two tiers before a formal vote in the next month.

But with SPL clubs willing to sacrifice a seven-figure sum, SFL chiefs believe they must move quickly or miss out.

Outspoken Pars chief Yorkston backed the proposals.

He said: â??If we finished in the top two or three in the First Division we would be looking at £60,000 or £70,000.

â??If you are in the new First Division, you are probably looking at £360,000.

â??Thatâ??s a £300,000 difference. When you have only a turnover of £2million-ish, thatâ??s a 15 per cent increase.

â??I think it has to go ahead next year. I donâ??t know if the offer will be on the table beyond next year.â?

One SFL club voted against the plans and another abstained.

But Longmuir believes thereâ??s a â??fairâ?? chance the proposals will be rubber-stamped in time for next term.

Rangers â?? who donâ??t hold a vote â?? had been outspoken in their criticism of the plans but McCoist did not oppose taking talks to the next level.

Longmuir said: â??I got a sense from Ally that he was looking at the broader picture as much as he was Rangersâ?? interests and that was a very positive thing.â?

Elgin City chairman Graham Tatters wants an 18-team bottom league â?? so he can get another crack at Rangers.

He said: â??Being quite blunt, Rangers are such a pull and another game against them next season is massive for us.â?

If two leagues of ten are created, the SFL would invite applications for two new league members â?? with Spartans likely to be one of them.

 

 

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[ian1964 10,548]

RANGERS have backed plans to take league reconstruction to the next stage.

Ibrox manager Ally McCoist attended a five-hour meeting of all 30 SFL clubs to discuss changes to the league set-up.

While no formal vote was taken, the Ibrox outfit were one of 28 clubs who agreed to move the debate forward, with the main issue now whether the new set-up will be 12-12-18 or 12-12-10-10. Rangers had voiced their opposition to the 12-12-18 set-up being rushed through for next season, claiming it would render this campaign meaningless.

While the Light Blues would not have a vote, SFL chief executive David Longmuir said it is important the Ibrox outfit are involved in the debate.

All 30 SFL clubs – full and associate members – played a full part in the debate. It was very constructive, frank and forthright

SFL chief executive David Longmuir

Longmuir said: “All 30 SFL clubs – full and associate members – played a full part in the debate. It was very constructive, frank and forthright.

“We were given clear direction to take the talks to the next stage, which is all about putting more detail behind the big principles.

“Every and any associate member can play a full and wholesome part in any club meeting.

“Associate members play a full and constructive part in the debate, as Rangers did and we’re delighted that they were there. Ally McCoist was there and he was as passionate about the game as he is on the touchline.

“I got a sense from him that he was looking at the broader picture as much as he was Rangers’ interests, and that was a very positive thing.

“Rangers were outspoken but it was not just them, there were other clubs.

“But there is a recognition that there is an opportunity here to get in place all these big ticket items. At the moment this window of opportunity is wrapped around the two 12s scenario. We have a decision to make on whether it’s two 10s or an 18 below.”

Longmuir believes a new set-up could be in place for next season and has urged SFL clubs to grab the opportunity for change.

He said: “The opportunity is there at the moment and who knows what can happen in a year.

“You have to take an opportunity sometimes, and balance it against the risk of not doing it.

“There’s an opportunity here to put the pillars of progress in place for Scottish football. It might be a short window if we don’t capitalise on it.

“We are now going to start looking at the real detail of rule books and other areas you would expect when you are trying to combine two organisations.

“Nothing, though, has changed from an SFL perspective other than we have had an opportunity to have everybody from the SFL together – clubs talking to clubs, clubs listening to clubs.

“We were talking principles – one league body, governance, distribution – and those were the things that were key. Now we have had a clear message that our members want to take forward the full detail and we will now look at a combined rule book.

“That will not happen overnight. We will have to work on that and at some point we will have to bring it back in a more formal package to the 30 clubs and allow them to make a much more informed decision.

“The talks have to happen because when you are going to make a change as big as this, it’s important to get everybody with you. That takes time and small steps.

“Hopefully we will be able to take bigger steps later on.”

Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston revealed the fairer distribution of finances in the new set-up could benefit the Pars by £300,000.

Yorkston said: “If we finished in the in the top two or three in the First Division we would probably be looking at £60,000 or £70,000.

“If you are in the new First Division you are probably looking at £360,000, so that’s a £300,000 difference.

“When you have only got a turnover of £2million-ish. That’s a 15 per cent increase.

“I think it has to go ahead. I don’t know if the offer will be on the table beyond next year.”

The independent commission appointed to investigate payments made to Rangers players will issue a decision later after the hearing concluded yesterday.

The three-man panel, chaired by Lord Nimmo Smith, heard evidence and submissions over three days into alleged undisclosed payments made to players at Ibrox from 2000 to 2011.

 

 

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/374764/Rangers-manager-Ally-McCoist-has-his-say-in-league-talks

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Elgin City chairman Graham Tatters wants an 18-team bottom league — so he can get another crack at Rangers.

He said: “Being quite blunt, Rangers are such a pull and another game against them next season is massive for us.”

 

Like many of us has been saying. Money talks!

[ian1964 10,548]

Elgin City chairman Graham Tatters wants an 18-team bottom league — so he can get another crack at Rangers.

He said: “Being quite blunt, Rangers are such a pull and another game against them next season is massive for us.”

 

Sporting integrity!,if the Rangers fans boycott next season it won't be so 'massive'?

[simplythebest 0]

Elgin City chairman Graham Tatters wants an 18-team bottom league — so he can get another crack at Rangers.

He said: “Being quite blunt, Rangers are such a pull and another game against them next season is massive for us.”

 

Sporting integrity!,if the Rangers fans boycott next season it won't be so 'massive'?

 

So he can put fans' safety at risk again?

[ian1964 10,548]

So he can put fans' safety at risk again?

 

All in the name of 'sporting integrity'.....................................

[forlanssister 3,079]

Elgin City chairman Graham Tatters wants an 18-team bottom league — so he can get another crack at Rangers.

He said: “Being quite blunt, Rangers are such a pull and another game against them next season is massive for us.”

 

Sporting integrity!,if the Rangers fans boycott next season it won't be so 'massive'?

 

His greed f*&ked it up for every other SFL team not content with a 50% increase in ticket price he tried to cram us in.

 

Peterhead announced a record crowd on our last visit despite the ground being noticeably fuller the first time round, probably due to the fact that the SFL now print all the away tickets.

[der Berliner 3,405]

Did the SFL boss ask the SPL boss where the extra-money is coming from? Does the SPL/SFA still hold some of Rangers money from last season/transfers/et al?

 

Plain stupid comment from the Elgin boss, btw. But at least he's honest.

[GovanAllan 0]

In one simple statement, everything that's wrong with Scottish football.

 

Wish we could leave tomorrow and leave them all to wallow in their own shit.

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if we do need play the same elgin lot next year those greedy cunts up there shud get nowt from us. we should boycoyt all away matches and cup matches. lucky bas already got an extra game out us with the cup draw .

makes me quite sick at the thought

 

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