I had a wry smile to rival that of the immaculately-gnashered Rylan - the face of Scottish Premiership sponsors cinch - when it was suggested Rangers were contesting their obligations to provide them advertising space by virtue of a noble quest to better the Scottish game for all, and not simply because it might cost Douglas Park the sale of a few motors on the forecourt.
Whatever their motives though, the news this week that Rangers are no longer required to promote cinch in the same way that the other 41 member clubs must can only be seen as a victory for the Ibrox club and Park, and no amount of self-congratulatory gaslighting that this also represents some sort of triumph for Neil Doncaster and the SPFL can detract from the fact that they appear to have had their pants pulled down.
