Northhiglander
Well-Known Member
The main issue here for me is that at no time have Parks or Rangers suggested they will not participate in finding a solution. The track record over the Ladbrokes contract surely sets a precedent here Rangers, the SPFL and the two companies came to an agreement to everyone’s satisfaction. As far as I can see neither Rangers nor Douglas Park are refusing to try to sort something out. Neither have Cinch said anything to that effect.I would be amazed if the SPFL press ahead with the arbitration now.
The interesting part of their argument was that Park’s is not a member of the SFA.
My reading of that is that they know they could threaten Rangers with non-compliance sanctions.
They could also force Rangers to participate in proceedings with non-disclosure rules.
But they cannot use either of those tools against Park’s.
In other words, their usual bullying tactics would be completely ineffective.
I think they will not want to continue as they could not risk their dodgy dealings being revealed publicly.
I suspect that McLennan is behind the dodgy deal and will be, in some guise or other, a recipient of some of the £500k ‘commission’.
The guy from cinch allegedly worked for Shifty (McLennan) McGifty, famous for his ‘I hate those orange bastards’ quote!!
Seems to be that this a total cluster fu(k by the SFA abs the SPFL to try to crush Rangers. Hard to see why they thought that was a good idea or that they would get away with it.