the only reason I can think of is, their (take home pay), even in the lower league, rangers have 45,000 fans so they can still pay good wages compered to others. thistle will be able to increase the money to the squad next year but not by much I think. no one want them to go back down in a years time but for sure not with inflated wages, end up like Dundee or the dummies frae fife. if you were a young player and you had the chance to go to ibrox especially last year, and the chance to go through all the leagues in succession along with good wages I for one would have jumped at it, a chance to make bit of football history plus a few medals on the way, and still get payed more than most in the country doing so, hard to so no to that.