I'm pretty sure we'd all like to stick to talking about football as much as possible, that being the domain of the genuine football fan, but I thought we should have a thread on here to cover off some of the other stuff that's going on around the club, particularly where it potentially affects our ability to go forward. So let's try to keep it on this thread and keep it on topic. No need to waste time trading insults with trolls.
I'll start it off with a quick recap of recent news. The 2 items of note would be claims that the stadium's naming rights were sold to Mike Ashley for a quid. I haven't seen this actually substantiated anywhere, and it seems to stem purely from a claim in the DR with no backup or documentary evidence, but the Rangers Board hasn't denied it either. It would certainly be a kick in the balls, but 2 things to bear in mind are that it may have been a condition of initial investments by Ashley - in which case we did actually get something in return beyond the £1 - and the general understanding of what our naming rights are worth may be vastly overblown, so the cost of this to us could be in the order of 1-200k per year, not millions.
The second issue is Imran Ahmad's successful ring fencing of 600k+, or about half our cash reserves. Far from ideal and we'll need to rush in cash from somewhere unless we have the decision overturned on appeal tomorrow.
Both of these are legacy issues originating from Charles Green's regime, and not the current Board's actions. Interestingly, the response to these matters of cash depletion from the likes of SoS is, as always, more boycotting.
I'll start it off with a quick recap of recent news. The 2 items of note would be claims that the stadium's naming rights were sold to Mike Ashley for a quid. I haven't seen this actually substantiated anywhere, and it seems to stem purely from a claim in the DR with no backup or documentary evidence, but the Rangers Board hasn't denied it either. It would certainly be a kick in the balls, but 2 things to bear in mind are that it may have been a condition of initial investments by Ashley - in which case we did actually get something in return beyond the £1 - and the general understanding of what our naming rights are worth may be vastly overblown, so the cost of this to us could be in the order of 1-200k per year, not millions.
The second issue is Imran Ahmad's successful ring fencing of 600k+, or about half our cash reserves. Far from ideal and we'll need to rush in cash from somewhere unless we have the decision overturned on appeal tomorrow.
Both of these are legacy issues originating from Charles Green's regime, and not the current Board's actions. Interestingly, the response to these matters of cash depletion from the likes of SoS is, as always, more boycotting.