Last week Mirren Mad had a look at what Scottish football would be like without Rangers. This time around we're going to have a little guess at what could happen if Rangers go out of existence and then come back as a new outfit in an Aldershot/AFC Wimbledon/Clydebank style.
There will undoubtedly be a new Rangers if the current one goes - the problem is where will it play. Some Blue Noses seem to think this will be their chance to make it England but they are being deluded - no change there then! Whether they like it or not, they'll be stuck in Scotland. But will it be in the SPL, SFL or the juniors?
We shall assume the new Rangers still has access to, if not ownership of, assets such as Ibrox and Murray Park, and that a decent number of the fans will stick with them. That on its own should ensure them a place in league football, not the juniors.
The new Rangers will almost undoubtedly apply to join the SPL - but would they get in? We've learnt in recent weeks that the SPL's contract with Sky is on the basis of both Rangers and Celtic competing in the league (what happens if one of them were ever to be relegated is not clear) so there's an extremely good chance they would be waved straight back into the top flight.
This would be a ludicrous move. It is asking for other SPL clubs that owe millions of pounds - both in tax and bank loans - to put themselves out of business, form a new company and then apply to get back in citing the precedent of Rangers. They'd have a decent chance too - although we'd no doubt see the usual "one rule for the Old Firm, one for everyone else" situation come into play again.
It's also asking for numerous SFL clubs to raise legal action against the SPL - something we've been able to put behind us for the last few years. What's the point in working your way through the leagues if someone can go out of business and just swan their way back into the top flight? It would throw the sporting integrity of the game up in the air. There was outrage from fans at the SPL's ridiculous league reconstruction plans, but that would pale in comparison to the response to Rangers coming back in as if nothing had happened.
But the new Rangers applying for a place in the SPL would be fraught with problems too. When Airdrie United tried it a decade ago they were told know because of the problems I cited earlier - that it's setting a bad precedent as clubs will just drive themselves to the wall then trot back into the bottom league with no debt. Airdrie bought another club and took their space and that remains one option Rangers could pursue.
But we all know deep down what will happen if they go bust - the SPL will bend over backwards and wave them straight back in. If - when - that happens then it should be used as a negotiating point. They'll have to start with a points penalty for the next five years. We'll have a more even distribution of TV cash. We'll have the league re-construction the rest of us want, a change to the voting structure and other adjustments that ensure that while the Old Firm may retain their status on the park, off it they're just like us.
None of us likes the idea of Rangers going bust then rising like a phoenix and coming straight back into the SPL - but if it's going to happen we might as well take advantage of the situation.
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