New league format

[thomas]

This elite league that the genesis suggests is crap. Proposing that Galway go through on the basis that they have a good development plan is bull. It should be whoever is playing the best at the moment, the top teams like(weather you have a great history in the league shouldn't matter either), and if you improve then you will get promoted into the elite league. Theirs no point in having a great set-up off the pitch if you cant produce it on it.

btw Galway fans, I'm not setting on ye purposely, it's just ye are the only club(that I know of anyway) mentioned in their report.

Thats ********. If Rovers and other clubs are paying tax it means that they are losing out on 30% of their wage bill to Tax just by doing things properly.
Some clubs are getting a competitive edge because of this and genesis and the UEFA License will put an end to it if they are implemented.

Of course this is the FAI and there has already been a fudge on the license last year and an even bigger one this season. So guess what will happen...

[WeAreRovers]

In all fairness i think we all know how you boys have operated through the years in relation to tax and now that your club has got one a tax cert, and and by the way we all know how you got it as well because you were in the S**T so bad that there was settlement ! So i say to you have a cheek F***ing cheek preeching like that to any other club in the league go and jump. You should be thanking your lucky stars that your in the League at all because you should have been kicked out of it !

First prize in this years Not Having a Fcuking Clue What You're Talking About Award.

As in any other "proper" league, clubs that are run correctly and within the licencing requirements will be rewarded while clubs who cheat and don't pay their taxes will be punished.

And in case you hadn't noticed the real SRFC fall into the first category.

[thomas]

In all fairness i think we all know how you boys have operated through the years in relation to tax and now that your club has got one a tax cert, and and by the way we all know how you got it as well because you were in the S**T so bad that there was settlement ! So i say to you have a cheek F***ing cheek preeching like that to any other club in the league go and jump. You should be thanking your lucky stars that your in the League at all because you should have been kicked out of it !

Get used to it because a lot of clubs currently can not get a tax clearance cert because they dont pay any.
The fact that we came to an arrangement is the right thing to do. Ignoring the problem to suit all the other clubs is not the way to do it and is exactly what the FAI and clubs have done. UEFA's own rules require a cert to be produced dated 31/12/2005, the FAI are accepting 31/10/2004

Put it this way (apologies for those intellingent enoungh) Sligo will presumably be paying wages and the PAYE and PRSI due on it, yet many other clubs in the premier are not. So that means that When you are struggling to stay up you will know that the same €15k a month you pay to revenue is being used at other clubs to keep them ahead of you in the division.

As for preeching, yes we have a right, we came to a settlement, no other clubs have done that and it is putting clubs that are compliant at a 30% wage disadvantage. And FYI We had a valid tax cert on the last license, which ironically we could use on the current license application and pretty much proves that the certs being submitted by clubs aren't worth teh paper they're on.

Go ahead and kick us out, we'll join the Nordies while the revenue sports unit liquidates the league. It would be bizzare to say the least that we'd be kicked out on accounting grounds when the entire league is clearly a shambles in this regard.

[Passive]

Completely agree with Thomas.

The league does not deserve to be taken seriously until the authorities demand that clubs are not run illegally. Clubs are not paying tax and that means they are engaging in illegal activity. That the authorities do not appear to care just about sums up Irish football.

[thejollyrodger]

i envisaged entry to the new league would encompass everything from tax matters to stadium plans etc etc.... People wont invest in clubs until everything is above board and based on sound plans.