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If the council wanted to invest in the CIC, I'd be all for it.

You posted this specifically to troll Sid, admit it you big WUM.

So far 83% of CIC members would deny entry to the Rangers newco even if it meant a strong risk of SMFC facing administration. That's a pretty heartening number.

Consequences be damned, No is the only morally correct way to vote.

Undoubtedly, but I'm still rather sceptical about this 4 old firm game clause that is constantly mentioned in the media. Is it real, can the club verify it, and have you as an insider to the deal actually seen the contract (or is it publically available somewhere?) When it comes to statements made by chairmen and league officials it often seems like they doing a serious amount of bullshitting, although I don't doubt that there is a genuine threat of lost revenue.

BSkyB have reacted to supporter pressure by stating that they have never discussed pulling out of Scottish football. With Rangers about to be liquidated there has been a regular flow of rumours that Sky will pull out of their contract with the SPL if they don’t have four Glasgow derby fixtures to screen. Various SPL clubs, including Kilmarnock and Dundee United, have gone public with their concerns and fears about a drop in broadcasting income. No proof has ever been displayed to say that Sky’s contract demands four derby fixtures a season but with fear of the post-Rangers era gripping some clubs a doomsday scenario has been given oxygen. Supporters angry at the notion that Scottish football could be held hostage by Sky have bombarded the satellite broadcaster with their complaints. On-line petitions have been started with Sky’s help team on twitter trying their best to avert a subscription boycott with Scottish football fans ready to cancel their £40/month payments if Sky pull the plug on the SPL. Reacting to that threat Sky’s PR team are in today’s newspapers denying that they are about to ditch Scottish football. A spokesman is quoted saying: “Sky has never, ever discussed pulling out of covering Scottish football. “We have not discussed that possibility, either with the SPL or any other footballing authority. Nor has that been on the agenda for consideration within Sky, despite all the problems and difficulties being faced by Scottish football at present. “If Rangers are not in the SPL, that would change things for us, naturally. It would leave a quality hole in Scotland’s top division. Competition would deteriorate and, in that event, we would have to renegotiate.but let us be very clear we have always tried to be supportive of Scottish football and have never made any negative noises or sent any negative messages. “Scottish football is still very much in our plans for the future. Walking away has never been on our agenda. “We have, in the past, been asked for our opinions, but we believe that football should be run by the football authorities. We are a TV company.” Last week Sky signed a three year extension to their contract with the English Premiership sharing the rights to live matches with BT. With ESPN losing out the American based channel may turn to showing more Scottish football while BT will be looking for more than four live Premiership games per month to fill their schedule. Celtic’s non-executive director Ian Livingston is the chief executive of BT and conducted the negotiations to secure the live Premiership rights. http://videocelts.com/2012/06/blogs/sky-bow-to-punter-pressure-to-back-spl-deal

NoNewco, not in the SPL and not in the SFL either.

I'm not having a go, I'm broadly in favour of 10,000 hours and glad they're exercising caution. But Sky obviously factored something like this into their contract if they have the option to renegotiate/pull out immediately. That is something that SMFC should have had a contingency for.

I'm rather concerned that the club is apparently in the position that it would probably face administration if the Sky revenue vanished, shouldn't this have been a possibility that was taken into account by the club itself regardless of the Rangers situation, 52% up for sale. Are we really on such shaky ground? Anyway the vote should be no regardless of what happens to the TV contract, it would be a disgrace for St. Mirren to accept this rigged cartel of a league when the opportunity is there to kill it.

It's probably foolish to be overly optimistic about anything involving St. Mirren, so I'll just take the fact that the deal is definitely not dead to heart and hope for the best while preparing for the worst.

Is a joint statement a positive outcome?

aye just seen that, sad news. edit: didn't really see it but wanted to boost sids wind up chances.

It's rather early for me.

140 characters is a tough thing for a proffessional football player to dead with sid.