Can a club be docked 75 points.? Please read on: The Ibrox giants are facing a £49 million tax bill which early this month club chairman Craig Whyte admitted was "paralysing" the club. The Scottish champions are involved in two separate disputes with HM Revenue and Customs, relating to payments before Whyte completed his takeover. The club have not paid a £2.8m tax bill which first emerged in April, relating to payments made to staff between 1999 to 2003. They are believed to be disputing a fine that goes with it. A tax tribunal, which could cost the club £49m, will resume in November. Now the Daily Record is claiming that there would be no way that Rangers could possibly pay that money back, and that the penalty for entering a club into the SPL under a new guise would be severe. If such a situation transpires, then the Record claims that Rangers could face an extra 15 point deduction on top of the usual 10 point deduction that goes to a club that enters administration. In the piece written by James Traynor, the paper also claims that such a penalty could be imposed for three consecutive season meaning they would be docked 75 points in total. Source:http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/31102011/58/spl-rangers-docked-75-points.html
if the had a decent owner... well all they'd need to do is organise a quikc fire sale, pay of the tax man, finish second, get to europe and start again... EASY.
