Clubs to quit SPL
By Ananova
The 10 non-Old Firm clubs have declared they will hand in their resignation after failing to agree with Rangers and Celtic over plans to change the voting structure.
The news comes after the chairmen of all the SPL clubs agreed a new two-year deal with BBC, believed to be worth around ?15million.
Bryan Jackson, Motherwell’s administrator, said: “The 10 SPL clubs do intend to resign in the next 24 hours.”
The 10 clubs knew they had to make their move before the start of the new season on Saturday.
The SPL constitution states that there must be a two-year waiting period before resignations can come into effect so any delay would have meant a whole extra year of waiting.
The threat issued by the SPL clubs, therefore, to the Old Firm is that the SPL would cease to exist in two years’ time and be immediately replaced by a new league with the rules set by the 10 clubs.
Celtic and Rangers would be likely to be invited to join it – but only under the other clubs’ terms.
A lot can happen in two years, of course, and Jackson said he hoped a compromise could be reached sooner rather than later.
He said: “I think there was a conciliatory attitude that hopefully is going to permeate through.
“But as there has been no progress to date, that is the reason why there are going to be resignations.
“Hopefully, matters will be resolved. Dialogue will continue but, at this stage, the resignations will be going ahead.”
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Just to let you know, the Old Firm have been a cancerous leech(sp?) on Scottish football for longer than I can remember. They have already been told that they are not welcome in English football.
They dug their own grave.
Will
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