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I listened with interest to this morning's sports report on BBC Scotland which discussed the latest twist to the Rangers saga. Relegation to the First Division with SKY being “guaranteed” an Old Firm fixture through a revamped Glasgow Cup. The first suggestion is clearly designed to allow honour (I use the term loosely) to be satisfied by relegating Rangers but minimising the financial damage by limiting it to a one season demotion. Not much point in the rest of us turning up next season, is there? By hook or by crook (and how appropriate is that phrase?), the newco will shed the old crimes and debts and be back after the minor inconvenience of one season mingling with the lower orders. As for the second proposal - intriguing that SKY can be “guaranteed” such a fixture since there are four senior teams playing in Glasgow and in membership of the Glasgow Football Association. To offer such a “guarantee”, Rangers & Celtic would require to be drawn against each other in one semi-final with Queens Park facing PTFC in the other. Suits us, but the cynic in me suggests that the intention is to offer SKY an Old Firm game with a trophy, and quite a magnificent piece of silverware it is, on offer at the end. So might the draw be manipulated – a shameful suggestion I know – and then everything possible done to ensure that the “right” result emerged from the semis? As I said, a cynical suggestion but then as far as Scottish Football is concerned, a cynic is what an idealist calls a realist!