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Discussion in 'Celtic' started by Mind The Duck, Sep 14, 2012.

  1. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    Celtic have been dragged into a former club’s scandal today by Scotland’s former best-selling daily newspaper, who have completely misrepresented issues surrounding the registration of Juninho.
    The newspaper makes the astonishing and completely inaccurate claim that the “SPL have revealed they decided not to investigate Celtic’s EBT payment to Juninho”.
    The SPL have investigated Celtic’s EBT payment to Juninho.* They found Celtic acted absolutely in line with the rules and this week issued a statement confirming this.* To tell people otherwise is recklessly inaccurate.
    A front page statement proclaims:
    “Hoops in clear because Juninho only received cash AFTER he left the club”
    “Hoops in clear because Juninho’s name begins with the letter J”
    A true reflection would read:
    “Hoops in clear because they discharged the registration and entire employment process of Juninho in a correct manner and no differently than the way every other SPL club has registered players”
    When Juninho “received the cash” has nothing whatsoever to do with Celtic being “in the clear”.* It is, frankly, an embarrassing attempt to pander to the paranoia of others and betrays a fundamental lack of knowledge.
    The newspaper also dedicated all-but-one column of their back page, and part of an inside page, to the ‘story’ of how Celtic “didn’t end up in the dock”.* Compare this to the coverage the same newspaper gave to the actual SPL statement on Juninho, released in an earlier attempt to dampen-down ill-informed paranoia, which received a tiny, 35-word, 1-inch back page note and a single column inside the paper.
    Throughout recent weeks a basic misunderstanding of the legality of EBTs appears to have taken root in some minds.* It is as though some mass psychological phenomenon is at play.* Or maybe it’s just a deliberate attempt to confuse the easily confused?
    EBTs are not against football, or specifically, player registration, rules.* This is accepted as fact by anyone even vaguely familiar with the rules, yet we have some, who should know better, tell us that Rangers’ EBTs were recorded in their annual accounts, as though this is some defence against player registration charges, or that others should join them ‘in the dock’, because they used an EBT.
    The matter in hand is not the use of EBTs, it’s about player registrations.* You can pay players in EBTs, folding notes or Dutch tulip bulbs, as long as you register him correctly.* And pay your tax.
    Player registration rules are categorically clear, clubs must register all contracts with the SFA and SPL.* All monies due in relation to football must appear on those contracts.* Juninho’s contract was registered correctly.
    On this issue, Celtic are exposed to the joint analysis of other 11 SPL clubs and the other 93 SFA clubs (counting both Ibrox based clubs), who control the rules and their scrutiny.
    There are limits to what an employer can publicly reveal about a former employee’s personal financial details, but Celtic have revealed all facts concerning Juninho’s employment to the SFA and SPL.
    Their conduct was investigated, was found to be absolutely and completely impeccable AND in line with SFA advice on player registration.
    All I am wondering about is, should we be happy that those who should be planning for some serious headwinds are instead following a ridiculous wild goose chase?
     
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  2. Bib Fortuna's Maw

    Bib Fortuna's Maw Well-Known Member

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    Good article - I don't read the printed press so I had no idea they'd made such a big deal of this.

    Nothing story whipped up by the most desperate of whitabooters.
     
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  3. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    To be fair this was always going to be an issue until it was explained why it wasn't the same as what Rangers done
     
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  4. Thomas The Cat

    Thomas The Cat Well-Known Member

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    snozze fest, regardless of what is said many Rangers fans are going to believe what they want and pled victim I will just laugh it off, just as Celtic are content to do.
     
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  5. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    But EBT's are legal Declan, it's the SPL/SFA/Strathclyde Police/Alec Salmond/HMRC/Lloyds Bank/Peter Lawell/Evil Cabal/ who changed the rules so they could pure hammer Rangers.
     
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  6. Super hooper

    Super hooper New Member

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    Surely it was put to bed this week by the SFA and for a newspaper to try to resurrect it again is an example of how the media
    have always tried to put the huns first. There has always been an anti Celtic story within the Scottish media ready for them
    to try and do most damage to Celtic, especially in the build up to big games, Celtic back playing league tomorrow and big
    Champions League test on Wednesday.
     
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  7. harryhood67

    harryhood67 Well-Known Member

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    Paul 67 from cnq and phil with lots of names have both been spot on with their thoughts and opinions over the last 18 months , unlike your Huns now just abusing anybody that views their opinion .The huns are upset Little is out injured yet we don't even mention Sammy being out . they 've got Annan away we 've got champions league next week , has their ever been happier times ?!?!
     
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  8. Super hooper

    Super hooper New Member

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    What the hell is fat Ally up to now. He says Lee Wallace has signed a new five year contract, surely his experience last season
    when he and golden boy Whyte signed up half the Rangers players on 5/6 year contracts and they all left, just drifted away like
    snow off a ditch. I wonder does Ally expect Wallace to be at Sevco for the new year.
     
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  9. harryhood67

    harryhood67 Well-Known Member

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    The fifth year of his contract he MIGHT reach the dizzy heights of spl football , money well spent again !!!!
     
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  10. Albatross

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    Brilliant article. Keevins was on talks port saying the same thing as that clown TRAYNOR.

    They are getting more and more desperate.

    One very very serious point.
    WILL THE MEDIA STIR UP SO MUCH VICTIMISATION AMONG SEVCONIANS THAT SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY LOSE THEIR LIFE?????? Let's hope not, but I fear the way this is all going in a desperate attempt to stop the stripping of titles. The media should be very careful where they lead people. They are like the grand Ole Duke of York who leads them up to the top of the hill, but they may not come back down again.
     
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