boabie 230 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I see our twisted and deluded friends in the east have reissued their old hymn. "Celtic say it is down to the Scottish football authorities to ensure "sporting integrity" is upheld, in the wake of a court ruling that Rangers' used a tax avoidance scheme." http://sport.stv.tv/football/1332501-celtic-spfl-must-uphold-sporting-integrity-after-rangers-ebt-ruling/? Rebuild some bridges ? You must be joking. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,168 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 What a childish outfit they are. I'm not sure I want to be playing sport with them or their running dogs. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Celtic once again tacitly admitting that they are deliberate and unashamed cheats. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,741 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Rangers used a tax avoidance scheme ????? Don't they know tax avoidance is perfectly legal?? It's tax evasion which isn't. And didn't they use a tax avoidance scheme in the 2000's themselves where parts of their players' salaries were paid into bogus film companies thus avoiding paying tax?? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 It is amazing how brazen Celtic are about something that they also did. Their two defences of this have no integrity whatsoever. 1. They did it a lot less. (if you put it into the false perspective that it was actually a crime as they believe, it's a bit like someone vilifying a bank robber who stole 17m from multiple banks, but saying they are completely innocent because they only robbed one bank of 250k, and when arrested, paid it back. The fact that those they vilify also offered to pay it back but were refused and instead demanded 4 times the amount which they couldn't afford is lost on them.) 2. They don't care about title stripping because the year they used it, they won nothing. (They can cheat as long as they don't get caught or if they do get caught, it doesn't count if they didn't win anything.) I really hope DK points this out, because it's totally absent in the press for some reason. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Chris Graham @ChrisGraham76 4h4 hours ago Here is SNP councillor @BillNorAngus falsely accusing Rangers of "illegal" behaviour. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Rangers used a tax avoidance scheme ????? Don't they know tax avoidance is perfectly legal?? It's tax evasion which isn't. And didn't they use a tax avoidance scheme in the 2000's themselves where parts of their players' salaries were paid into bogus film companies thus avoiding paying tax?? They also used EBT's. However, unlike Rangers they didn't declare that fact to the football authorities. It only came to light 3 years later. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 It is amazing how brazen Celtic are about something that they also did. Their two defences of this have no integrity whatsoever. 1. They did it a lot less. (if you put it into the false perspective that it was actually a crime as they believe, it's a bit like someone vilifying a bank robber who stole 17m from multiple banks, but saying they are completely innocent because they only robbed one bank of 250k, and when arrested, paid it back. The fact that those they vilify also offered to pay it back but were refused and instead demanded 4 times the amount which they couldn't afford is lost on them.) 2. They don't care about title stripping because the year they used it, they won nothing. (They can cheat as long as they don't get caught or if they do get caught, it doesn't count if they didn't win anything.) I really hope DK points this out, because it's totally absent in the press for some reason. I think I'm correct in saying that if they were deducted 3 points for each match Juninho played in Abersheep would've won the league. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Maybe we should also ask them the hypothetical question about their soft loans from the Coop Bank - At the moment Celtic believe they are legit and there is no decision to say they are not (although is it not being investigated?), BUT supposing in the future, there is a decision that they were providing an unfair financial advantage, in light of that, would Celtic be happy to give up all titles accumulated while they were in effect? This is no different to the scenario that Rangers found themselves in. We don't know if Celtic will be found to have had an advantage, but "common sense" suggests they obviously were. But the question is, IF it's found to be illegitimate are they happy that they have the sporting integrity to immediately hand over their titles to the runner up? I very much doubt they'll agree to that. They would protest their innocence while not having the faith in their innocence to say taking the titles is fine. There is only one club in Scotland that continually shows that it has an interest in consistent justice for all. For the rest it's "if it's Rangers punish them hard, but not if it's us". 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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