Annoyed Charlie Nicholas believes the time is now for top flight clubs to unite to take on Rangers and their "embarrassing" behaviour.
It comes after former Celtic pair Chris Sutton and Neil Lennon were deemed a 'security risk' ahead of Rangers' clash with Lyon at Ibrox last week.
The Premiership champions have also been embroiled in a high profile dispute with the SPFL over displaying league sponsor cinch and their branding. League chief Neil Doncaster was absent for the club's flag day on Sunday against Motherwell.
Nicholas is seriously unimpressed with Rangers' stance and he believes Premiership clubs must come together and take on a club he has labelled "renegades".
And the former Celtic star reckons Ibrox boss Steven Gerrard would also be on board in a bid to get Scottish football working in unison.
Speaking in his Express column, he said: "Steven Gerrard said when Rangers won the Premiership title last season his club would stay humble.
"Well, they’ve failed. There’s not one single ounce of humility in that Ibrox boardroom right now.
"Everything coming out of the club just now seems to involve getting into arguments with other factions of the Scottish game.
"Rangers are coming across like spoiled little brats and their behaviour has been an absolute embarrassment.
"Last week ex-Celtic men Neil Lennon and Chris Sutton were denied the chance to broadcast from inside Ibrox because the BT Sports pundits were deemed a ‘security risk’.
"This pathetic excuse comes hot on the heels of Rangers wanting money from the mainstream media to cover games and press conferences at Ibrox.
"Honestly, Rangers’ behaviour is now becoming so embarrassing to the SPFL.
"And let’s not forget Ibrox managing director Stewart Robertson blasting the SPFL’s five-year deal with Sky Sports – saying the game had been massively undersold – and the club currently being at loggerheads with football bosses over the cinch sponsorship deal.
"They will battle with any club who goes up against them on that issue.
"But there is an easy solution to all of this.
"If Rangers want to fight everybody, then every other club should band together and confront them.
"If Rangers are still holding grudges over the way they were ditched into the lower leagues – which WAS unfair – then their mindset is just the same as the embittered club who had to climb back from the bottom division nine years ago.
"If Rangers can’t move on, then Scottish football can’t progress.
"It’s as if they don’t want to make our game better, but are more than happy to insist the authorities have sold it short.
"In an ideal world, all clubs should be getting together so we can move our product forward and make it a bit more interesting for everyone.
"That way we can maybe get more finance into our game and, if that happens, then everybody will surely benefit.
"I’m sure Gerrard will be thinking the same way behind the scenes. But the reality is, if Rangers want to be Scottish football renegades then every other club should face up to the bullies.
"The others have a right to protect themselves and to show that Rangers have got things badly wrong.
"If it means stopping financial payments from the SPFL or withholding money from UEFA then that is what has to be done.
"For the first time in years we have clubs like Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen and Dundee United looking stronger and challenging the Old Firm.
"It is the strongest the top league has been in a long time but it looks like Rangers want to choke it.
"They can’t be allowed to take other clubs down a road that’s going to make everything so much worse."
