HenningBerg
Well-Known Member
There is no end date for the "matching" clause. It is there forever by the looks of it.
Has anyone ever heard of a contract that lasts ad Infinitum ? I haven’t .
There is no end date for the "matching" clause. It is there forever by the looks of it.
Surely if we are forced back into the 7 year onerous contract we will be due back the £3 million we have paid them to get out of it ?
It can’t be as bleak as some are suggesting .
It was a 7 year deal and I think there are 4 years left .
Surely if we are forced back into the 7 year onerous contract we will be due back the £3 million we have paid them to get out of it ?
It can’t be as bleak as some are suggesting .
There is no end date for the "matching" clause. It is there forever by the looks of it.
We appear to have swapped that 7 year deal for one that will give SDI the right to match any deal we can elicit - in perpetuity. For ever. We will probably struggle to get anyone other than SDI to even make an offer in future given this shambles, so we are, well and truly, shafted.
There is an injunction already. What I mean is this has been happening for 2 months, surely if Elite wanted to pull the pop up they would have? Except they pressed on with it.Because we have appealed And because the injunction referred to has not yet been granted?
Looks like we were relying James Blair advice and not necessarily some external legal firm.We obviously took advice that this wouldn’t hold so went with Elite and now ruling after ruling is saying they get to match whatever offer.
My reading of it is if no other firm offers anything then we revert back to the Puma deal.We cant be forced back into the original contract.
But this would have been known as of last week, the same week the pop up started. It doesnt add up.Read para 96 of the judgement mate. They may well disappear.
And we still have fans buying (non Rangers)stuff from this firm.
From where I sit, the Learned Judge has gone by the contract written between us and SDI. We all know that SDI had their placemen on Rangers at the time and they were the ones who signed this ridiculous deal. There really is nothing we can do about it until it expires except to mitigate the damage these unscrupulous individuals have caused us. We can appeal everything and wait until we are in a better monetary position before offering SDI a settlement that the fat man can accept. Unfortunately, the Learned Judge can only go by the written contract in front of him and that is his only route.
The sickening thing is that the fat c.unt is sitting laughing at us at how he has our board still wrapped round his fat fingers on all of this - and how easy it was for him.
My reading of it is if no other firm offers anything then we revert back to the Puma deal.
Did the new contract not put an end to the 7 year deal?It was a 7 year deal and I think there are 4 years left .
Does the contract have a end date? I thought the contract said as long as SD match the offer of any other retail offer then they are our distributors for the rest of time. Surely a judge sees that the relationship is irretrievably broken and finds a way to end it even if it costs us x millions. I think at this time the board would take it
Did the new contract not put an end to the 7 year deal?
The judgement says that an injunction is justified and the judge will give thought to what terms are appropriate. My understanding is that at that point he might decide to prevent the elite shops from selling stuff. I'm an accountant not a lawyer thoughThere is an injunction already. What I mean is this has been happening for 2 months, surely if Elite wanted to pull the pop up they would have? Except they pressed on with it.
SG blinded loads to the boards failures. and I’m concerned about the pressure on himin Europe this season to mitigate these screw ups. You can guarantee there will be pressure for that. Finally we are feeling hugely positive and along come our regular failings to swipe the feet from under us. Resilience should never be a question aimed at our fans. We’ve had several lifetimes of grief in 6 years.I agree with this, the only thing we have got right in the last few years is appointing SG.
Fucked up with many previous appointments and have fucked up spectacularly in all dealing with Ashley.
Did the new contract not put an end to the 7 year deal?
Monumentally stupid for the club to think that was the case. I doubt they did but Jesus wept if that was the case.I think the club were hoping we'd have to pay damages but be free of the contract. Sounds like we'll now have to pay damages and also be stuck in a contract with a toxic partner that has no interest in a mutually beneficial relationship. Great.
Showing again these are not one off screw ups but endemic bad management.We not getting sued as well for that memorial garden shambles?
We appear to have swapped that 7 year deal for one that will give SDI the right to match any deal we can elicit - in perpetuity. For ever. We will probably struggle to get anyone other than SDI to even make an offer in future given this shambles, so we are, well and truly, shafted.
But this would have been known as of last week, the same week the pop up started. It doesnt add up.
I very much doubt that to be the case.Looks like we were relying James Blair advice and not necessarily some external legal firm.
This is the part I'm struggling to understand.So we have paid 3 mill to exit the old deal
If the offer for 2020/2021 from SD is reasonable then we should buy the kits.So basically it’s back to no buying no merchandise next season then?I want this fat bastard to drop dead.
That's our best hope
Just need 1 judge to disagree, still years from a final outcome...in fact my guess and it is a guess is that this will run beyond the expiry of our deal with themGreaaaaaat.
Damages paid to SDIR could be above £1m then.
If the offer for 2020/2021 from SD is reasonable then we should buy the kits.
So basically it’s back to no buying no merchandise next season then?I want this fat bastard to drop dead.
But this would have been known as of last week, the same week the pop up started. It doesnt add up.
We don't have much of a choice. Otherwise it's no merchandise revenue again and we're continually financially hampered.Not a chance