SPL sponsorship deals worth £6 million a year could be in the balance if the current £80m Sky and ESPN deal is scrapped.
Sky, the senior deal partner, is understood to have placed a financial gun to the head of the SPL saying it will withdraw from its five-year deal, which starts in the coming season, if a "newco" Rangers are not allowed back into the SPL.
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