01-05-2015, 23:46
It seems like a strange way of funding the parachute payments anyway. If you consider only the clubs involved in the playoff, one of 2 things can happen. Either the Premiership club is relegated, in which case they receive support payments partly taken from the pockets of 2 Championship clubs, or the Premiership club stays up, in which case other parachute payments are funded from the pockets of 3 Championship clubs.
For Hibs last season and Motherwell this season it's well worth letting fans in for free because if they stay up they earn top flight money the next season, and if they go down they're guaranteed a payout anyway. Rangers are in a position where we risk losing gate money and will get no pay out for not going up. Hibs were therefore allowed to decrease the pot of cash available at no risk to themselves, while it seems we are, yet again, to be treated inequitably when, unlike Hibs, we are not in a position to increase the cash burden on the football authorities.
And dare I say it, where is the 'sporting integrity' in allowing one club to boost its attendance to help its chances of staying up, but not to allow the same to others? In line with their other recent actions I fully expect official objections from both Hibernian and Hearts to any attempt to prevent Rangers allowing season ticket holders to attend for free.
For Hibs last season and Motherwell this season it's well worth letting fans in for free because if they stay up they earn top flight money the next season, and if they go down they're guaranteed a payout anyway. Rangers are in a position where we risk losing gate money and will get no pay out for not going up. Hibs were therefore allowed to decrease the pot of cash available at no risk to themselves, while it seems we are, yet again, to be treated inequitably when, unlike Hibs, we are not in a position to increase the cash burden on the football authorities.
And dare I say it, where is the 'sporting integrity' in allowing one club to boost its attendance to help its chances of staying up, but not to allow the same to others? In line with their other recent actions I fully expect official objections from both Hibernian and Hearts to any attempt to prevent Rangers allowing season ticket holders to attend for free.