we 8 county, but if we are one of the teams who decide to relegate Rangers Newco to the third, we have our ready replacement in terms of gate money with the caravan men. No one else in the spl will be glad to see them, but if Rangers do go down, it will be important they stay in the spl with us, as three seasons without Rangers in the spl will be hard financially, especially when the tv money gets negotiated.
Without Rangers, the money will be better divided, but whats better, 5% of £10m or 10% of £4m. Scottish football faces one of its biggest crossroads today, with the spl decision on what do do with Rangers. Punt them out and Kilmarnock, Hibs, Hearts, Dundee Utd, Dunfermline and Aberdeen are up sh1t creek. Ourselves, St J, St M, Mothers and Celtic would have to make very serious decisions about the budgets over the next 3 years.
Steven Thompson at Dundee Utd has said that Rangers going down will probably cost them one million a season, so that is similar budget cuts to when we got relegated.
The SPL has a major major decision to make, and if they make one for their own interests they face a backlash of the fans, wanting to boycott the games,