(08-28-2019 01:10 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(08-28-2019 11:15 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(08-28-2019 09:54 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(08-28-2019 08:43 AM)VA49er Wrote:  EFL has some culpability in this tragedy. It should have never let that owner buy the team in the first place.

Bury's (and Boltons) issues started way before the new owners and is one of the reason why they have such bad owners now. The debt was already so high that no one wanted to buy them.

Bury and Bolton are only the start. Over the next 5-10 years we will see a lot more clubs go away from the EFL.

I wonder if that means that the EFL/EPL will finally reach out to Celtic, Rangers and some of the other profitable SPL teams like they should've done 20 years ago?

Do you mean for the Premier League? Would either team accept? I know it may be exciting to play PL teams; however, more than likely both teams European aspirations would be greatly diminished. Granted, PL money would be nice.

Celtic and Rangers would accept an invite before they even open the damn envelope. The SPL grants them around the same media dollars as League One, while both teams normally draw more for weekly fixtures than 2/3rds of the Premier League (each had average attendance over 45,000 last season). I have no doubt that were they to get PL money for a few years, they both would be at least mid-table PL sides, with the potential to be EL teams on some years.

I mean, the fact that a Top 20 global brand, with a 60,000 person stadium and over 100 trophies (including two European pieces of silver) who plays in the 3rd largest city in the UK is languishing in the SPL is sad beyond reason. Celtic have deserved better for years...and I bet every fan would be 100% on board with an invite to League 2 or the proposed League 3, because they'd make it up to at least the Championship with a few consecutive promotions.