"The amount relates to a fine levied by an independent Scottish Premier League commission on Rangers Football Club PLC's (RFC PLC) use of a tax scheme.
SPFL lawyers examined recovering the money under the Five-Way Agreement - which granted Rangers membership of the Scottish Football Association.
Any claim to the company's liquidators would likely yield a smaller amount.
Liquidators BDO are in the process of examining claims of creditors of RFC PLC.
As such the SPFL board has decided it is reasonable to try to pursue the full amount from The Rangers Football Club Ltd, although no timescale has been set as to when to do this."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25023927
and people are keen for rangers and their fans to move on, well it works both ways!
SPFL board considers pursuing £250K fine
posted on 20/11/13
It's a football debt. Needs to be paid.
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there's no legal basis for re-visiting nimo's judgement.
I'll say it again...
the new company that owns Rangers, the club, should not be held liable for any breaches of rules made by the previous company who owned Rangers the club.
Nimmo Smith's judgement was clear on that.
posted on 20/11/13
I think this whole company / club thing is ridiculous.
In that case the company bought the players so owns the trophies won by them? Where is a line drawn?
Whole things a bag of cats tbh
posted on 20/11/13
why does the low level paper gatherer, you know, the fat sweaty lawyer who wrote the rules, built the case and prosecuted the case want paid anyway?
surely it was a labour of love
posted on 20/11/13
I think this whole company / club thing is ridiculous.
In that case the company bought the players so owns the trophies won by them? Where is a line drawn?
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Not really, the lines for this have been drawn in law and in legal courts for decades. It's just some fans, journalists and SPFL can't seem to accept the laws of the land.
It's no different if I have a company called UKKAP holdings and as such UKKAP holdings bought from Snippit plc (who went into liquidation) one 'Snipit hairdressers' on Argyle Street'. So Snippit hairdressers emerged from administration under my ownership with no break in business or history
Now when I bought snipits, they had won hairdressing awards for years and when I bought it I bought the name, shop, staff and business as a whole. All the awards stayed as won by the business, however I don't owe any money that snippit plc owed. That is nothing to do with me.
All of this is extremely simple. Some people don't want to get it as they have an 'agenda'
posted on 20/11/13
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posted on 20/11/13
It's doubtful if a fine constitutes a "football debt" in the sense used in the agreement.
Especially a fine imposed after the agreement.
We'll see what happens.
posted on 21/11/13
The only people who are left clinging to the tale that Rangers are not Rangers and have relinguished any claims to all trophies won, are the prejudiced anti-Rangers brigade, the majority of whom frequent Celtic Park.
No one with any power or authority, board (not even the Celtic board itself bhoys) or association or any in the media (discounting "The Celtic View" of course) recoqnise anything other than that Rangers are still and always will be Rangers until someone somewhere comes up with a valid and sound case that they feel might be proven.
And if that were so, it would have been done long before this. The flogged horse is just about down to bare bones timmy, time to give it a rest.
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