Backtracking Regan justifies summer of spin
Along with Neil Doncaster no one did more than Regan to try to accommodate Sevco before fan power killed the best laid plans stone dead.
Regan was the author of the self congratulatory e-mail that detailed the steps required to provide Charles Green’s side with a First Division place that prompted several SFL clubs to call for a vote of no confidence in the chief executive of the SFA.
With his plans rejected by the member clubs Regan then allowed Green to decide when to impose a transfer ban and provided Sevco with SFA membership despite no audited accounts and the chequered practices of the oldco.
Regan also feared social unrest if the Ibrox side were placed in the Third Division.
Speaking at the draw for the last eight of the Ramsdens Cup Regan defended himself saying: “The information that was put forward by everybody was based on the knowledge that we had of get-out clauses that existed in the contracts for commercial partners.
“What was done at the time was to draw attention to the potential consequences for the game and that has now progressed to a stage where those commercial contracts are in a slightly better place, but we won’t know what the full consequences will be until they are played out in the coming months.
“We are in a better place than perhaps could have been imagined as far as the negotiations that have gone on between the SPL and their commercial partners. I’m not sure whether the contracts have actually been signed but the feedback we have had has been positive.”
Regan anticipates that Scotland will benefit to the tune of millions of pounds from UEFA plans to centralise television rights to European Championships and World Cup qualifiers but such an agreement would remove competitive internationals from the deal that the SFA currently have with Sky Sports.
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