Robertson taunts Neil Doncaster over cinch deal as he calls for full disclosure
Stewart Robertson has called on the SPFL to provide full disclosure of the revised sponsorship deal with cinch. It is unlikely that the SPFL or the Tribute Act will be keen to publish the Five Way Agreement of July 2012 which gave the Ibrox club control of Scottish football.
After a season long dispute the SPFL announced on Tuesday night that a revised sponsorship deal had been agreed that required the other 11 Premiership clubs to hand over additional branding to cinch to maintain a similar level of sponsorship.
For the sake of £1.6m a year split between 41 clubs it would seem to be more bother than it is worth- just like the Sky Sports broadcasting deal Doncaster negotiated that significantly under sells the Scottish game.
A number of media reports, including Robertson’s interview with the on-message Times claims that the Ibrox club will still pick up money from the cinch deal despite. Effectively 11 clubs are giving up sponsorship opportunities to fund the tribute act who can sell their own shirt sponsorship space as well as trackside and backing boards.
The SPFL had hoped that the revised deal would be kept confidential but Robertson told The Times that he wants the other Premiership clubs to see every detail of the negotiated deal.
The proposed resolution and the steps leading up to it over the past 12 months should be properly explained in an open and transparent manner at a meeting attended by all of the Premiership clubs. This meeting should ideally have taken place before approval of the proposed resolution.
To the extent that it is necessary, I also confirm that Rangers want the meeting to be open and transparent and, for that reason, Rangers have no issues with the SPFL’s arbitration or mediation hearings being discussed in full at that meeting as we believe it is of crucial importance that clubs are fully appraised of all of the facts underpinning this situation. There is no need, from Rangers’ perspective, for any aspect to be treated as confidential for the purposes of this discussion.
We would propose that Neil be provided with the opportunity to present the SPFL’s side of the argument and that Rangers and Park’s present their side of the argument. The Premiership clubs would then be free to ask any questions they wish of the SPFL, Rangers and Park’s.
Speaking to The Times allows Robertson to get his message out, knowing that other publications will pick up on his quotes without them appearing on the Ibrox club website. The Times can be guaranteed to provide a very sympathetic platform.
In May 2020 Douglas Park threatened Doncaster during a phone call, no action was taken by the spineless SPFL CEO.
Should Neil Five Way Agreement Doncaster be sacked as CEO of the SPFL?
Yes, sack him. Horrendous in every area, rules, TV deal, sponsorship
No, he makes the best of a difficult job, great man to have at the helm
