The very fact the SPFL were embroiled in a row with a member club and league sponsor in the first place was, in a strange way, a positive in itself for the league body.
Neil Doncaster was heavily criticised during a period when him and his team couldn’t find someone willing to pay the money to put their name to the league.
But that is scant consolation after Rangers won their season-long argument over displaying cinch branding.
