He said: "Now that we have finalised what has turned out to be a longer than expected invitation process, we can start to work with our clubs and invited sides to ensure everyone gets the maximum benefit from being involved".
Clyde, Queen of the South and Dunfermline were among clubs who warned that top-flight clubs could attempt to created an SPL2 involving Rangers and other invited sides to ensure that the new Ibrox outfit had the chance of returning after one season.
We are doubtless being invited to side with such homely virtues, and to sniff at what Dick refers to as the "crass commercialism" of the Krocist ideology.
To offend this haiba is to invite retribution.Another side of this triangle, in recent times at least, is made up of Islamist factions, the oldest, biggest and best organised of which is the Muslim Brotherhood.
However, the last time England invited a side to bat again abroad was at Kingsmead in Durban five days before the arrival of the new millennium, when Nasser Hussain's monumental 10-hour innings of 146 and a brilliant seven- wicket first-innings haul for Andy Caddick saw South Africa finish 210 behind on first innings.
As followers of Jesus, we too are invited to side with those in resistance to empire, to show compassion to the poor, the condemned and the marginalized---and of course, to work for the abolition of the death penalty.
South Africa's leader, Thabo Mbeki, has invited both sides to his country for emergency talks.
That decision was appealed to the five-member commission, and in June 2010, the commission invited all sides to submit briefs.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has invited both sides to a new round of talks but no date has been set.
That Saturday evening, with the rest day to follow, Botham invited both sides to his house at Epworth, near Doncaster, for a barbecue.
