I recently wrote a letter to complain about the termininology used by the BBC when mentioning Rangers in various reports.
This is the reply I have received today regarding my letter. The sooner this registration is agreed to our benefit the better.
Dear Mr xxxxxxxxxx
Reference xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you for contacting us.
Your comments were passed to the Sports Editor, who has asked that I forward his response as follows:
"Thank you for your comments.
It's important for the BBC's audience that a clear distinction is made between the former Rangers company and the new company owned by Charles Green's consortium - and the football entity formerly known as "Rangers FC".
Currently, there is no professional club registered in Scotland with the Scottish Football Association or the Scottish Football League named "Rangers" or otherwise (i.e. "Rangers FC", "The Rangers" or any other similar name - although, there is a separate club known as "Berwick Rangers"). The company known as "The Rangers Football Club PLC" is currently in administration and will inevitably be liquidated.
The company owned by Charles Green is known as "Sevco 5088 Ltd". Mr Green also owns another company known as "Sevco (Scotland) Ltd." - this is the company which Mr Green claims has purchased all of Rangers' assets - purportedly including Ibrox Stadium, Murray Park, the Albion St car park, the player registrations and the club's membership of the Scottish Football Association and its share in the Scottish Premier League. However, the status of the "club" - i.e. the football entity - is currently in limbo after the old club's registrations were effectively terminated when it filed for insolvency.
At a meeting on Monday 4 July 2012, the SPL voted unanimously to reject an application to transfer the old company's share in the SPL to Mr Green's Sevco. Subsequently, Sevco applied for membership of the Scottish Football League, and, following a vote at Hampden on Friday 13 July, was accepted into the SFL setup. Also at that vote, Sevco was refused entry to SFL Division One, but was offered a place in SFL Division Three - and, subject to Scottish Football Association approval, the newco will start life in the SFL Third Division. However, it is not yet clear if Rangers will actually play football next season or not - at this stage, Sevco has only been given an agreement in principle to participate in the Scottish Football League Third Division - it has yet to obtain an SFA licence and fully register as a Scottish football club. When this happens, the SFA will undoubtedly clarify if there has been transference of the club's membership from the oldco to the newco, or if an entirely new club membership registration has been approved. Certainly, the BBC will seek clarification on this issue.
Given this, BBC Scotland has taken the editorial decision, in the interests of clarity for the audience, to refer to "Rangers oldco" and "Rangers newco" in order to accurately reflect the legal status of the company and the football registration status of the club, in addition to any sanctions that may or may not be issued."
Thank you, once again, for taking the time to contact us.
Details of the BBC complaints process are available online at:
Kind Regards
Michelle McGahan
BBC Complaints
www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
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