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“I don’t think for a second anyone would have been talking about reconstructing the leagues had it been ourselves or Hamilton sitting at the bottom of the table when football was stopped"
St Mirren CEO Tony Fitzpatrick

I think there was a bit of a "Sevco moment" re Hertz, their reaction to the reality of poss being relegated and the belief within the footie club that they were a "special case" and bigger than other lesser clubs who they would be more than willing to "throw under a bus" as long as they were OK. Remember Sevco's orchestrations to remain in the top league after realising that they failed the insolvency rules and would be consequently relegated to the bottom rung of the SPFL leagues. They were "too big" to be subjected to such a penalty all these years ago and therefore the rules should be "bent" to ignore the reasons why they ended up "in the mire" and the fact they were self-inflicted. The rule was rightly applied after pressure from Scot footie fans all over the country. The rest is history.