An SPL statement read: "It was agreed that the SPL would work with the Scottish FA, SFL and Rangers to facilitate Rangers FC taking their place in SFL Division 3 this season.
[At Hamilton] it was against SPL players but down here, for all I have the better calibre of player, you are working against better teams as well".
Ayr sat back but Hibs rarely got past the organised home defence and the SPL side only created one more clear chance before the break.
The SPL side began the game with purpose and in the seventh minute Dargo took a pass from David van Zanten at the edge of the penalty area before spinning and driving low past David Crawford.
Conor Sammon put the SPL side ahead with a cool finish over the goalkeeper Ryan Esson midway through the first half.
Central to the SPL finances is a new TV contract with BSkyB and ESPN, due to begin this season and run for five years until 2017, in which the broadcasters agreed in November to pay £80m over those five seasons, but have still not actually signed.
The 11 SPL clubs which met on Monday agreed to invite Dundee, who finished second in the SFL last season, to take the place of Rangers for the coming season, rather than allow Dunfermline, who finished bottom of the SPL, to stay up.
Yet this month, the focus must instead be on Craig Whyte and what, if anything, the club's owner can produce to prevent the SPL trophy from moving home in May.
Four SPL clubs have already warned that the loss of those revenues will put them in financial peril.For Celtic, Rangers' downfall is a mixed blessing.
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The following season, they recovered on the pitch to win the SPL.
