Larkie! Old Firm fans supporting their local community­ teams? I dont know if your aware or not but community­ is defined many ways. Geographical community is only 1­ dentinition. There is also, community of heritage ie­ Irish/Scots, Chinese/Scots etc. Community of faith­ Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Hindu etc. Community­ of interest punk rock music, photography or snooker­ etc. If you were to educate yourself a little bit you­ would realise without a shadow of doubt Celtic and­ Rangers fans support their own comminities!

The previous Atlantic League proposal disappeared­ because of the RED HERRING drawn up by the Premiership­ which suggested that the Old Firm coud get into their­ league... HA HA...
It was only a suggestion to drag the­ Scottish teams away from the idea of the Old Atlantic­ League.

LETS HOPE THE OLD FIRM FANS ARE NOT DELUDED­ THIS TIME AND SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A NEW ATLANTIC­ LEAGUE

Non Old Firm fams know that a solution has to­ be found for the Old Firm ambitions and this seems to­ be realistic in allowing the Rangers and Celtic to gain­ bigger TV revenue but they have to accept that they­ will gain more income but will have only 6 or 7 places­ to play for to qualify for Europe. Its either that or­ stay in the Scottish league with guaranteed places in­ Europe and if they take that option then shut up­ about
the Scottish scene as Reid and Lalwell of Celtic­ are forever doing

As A Hibs supporter I have been in favour of an­ Atlantic League for the past 8 years. It would be able­ to raise a huge TV audience and that is why the big 5­ of England,France,Germany,Italy and Spain are wary of­ the possibility. If 7 countries within the UEFA want a­ league that raises their standards.

Why should UEFA­ stop them.The new Atlantic idea will start with 7 votes­ and with the possibility of the Eastern European­ leagues following a similar pattern they could have up­ to 16 votes for starters.

Scottish footballl will be­ better for exit of Rangers and Celtic and funny as it­ may seem it could give Scottish fans a team to support­ in the higheer European scene.

What would be left­ would be the opportunity for other Scottish teams to­ QUALIFY for the Euro Leagues competitions.

Also the­ Old Firm fans may actually support their local team­ every second week

I can only see positives for ALL the­ Scottish teams in the new Atlantic league encompassing­ Holland,Sweden,Norway,Denmark.Portugal,Scotland and­ Belgium

Did anyone understand the uefa nutjob say this week­ that the old firm could possibly play in the English­ league because there was a precedent that Liechtenstein­ play in the swiss league. Hasn't he noticed thart­ Cardiff, Swansea and wrexham all play ALREADY in the­ english league ( for the monkeys: They are welsh).­ Monaco is a seperate country and play in the French,­ Andorra in the spanish, San marino in the Italian and­ there is a Finnish team that plays in the Swedish­ league. The only opposition to this is the SFA because­ for a few years after the old firm move, finances would­ be tight and the game would suffer. But in the long run­ the natiuonal team would thrive as most of the players­ would all be of Scots decent. It's really only the­ old firm where the majority of players are foreign and­ that is forcing the smaller clubs to spend more just to­ compete. Role on the day when the big 2 join england.­ Thay can have all their money and we can have all the­ pride.

Isn't the more logical choice to merge the Scottish­ and English leagues? Or is the thought of both Old­ Firm clubs in the Championship too painful?

who cares ..... the atlantic league is a @#$% name for­ a league imo

but the problem is how many places they will have in­ champions league? if it is 2, then celtic and rangers­ risk to find themselves in the same situation as hibs,­ aberdeen, etc. in SPL.The same for the other clubs­ anyway. It will be a very fought league though, as­ anderlecht, ajax,standard liege, psv, and the old firms­ have the same quality. Financially, it may be ok, but­ how can you attract good players if you can't take­ part to champions league? Having said that, i reckon­ for both old firms, playing in Premier league is much­ better financially, and they won't need champions­ league to make big money and to attract good players.

Point 1! Most of western Scotland is coasted by the­ North Atlantic. you not keen on geography?

1 - NORTH SEA LEAGUE doesn't quite have the same­ ring to it. If you think about it, NSL sounds like­ Barrs Irn Bru Div One, whereas NORTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE­ (NAL) sounds more like CLYDESDALE BANK SCOTTISH PREMIER­ LEAGUE.

2 - CSS, only the west of Scotland, mate.

If you study where the North Atlantic Ocean is you will­ see it covers all of Scotland.

I thought all these countries were coasted by the North­ Sea. Would the Atlantic not be Ireland, Canada and the­ USA, etc???