When I started playing Sunday boys football in 1979, one of the boys in my team had a father who used to run the line in the seniors.
This fella ran the line in an infamous game against the sheep at Parkhead and called offside on a goal which would have been the winner and could have seen Celtic win the title that season instead of the sheep.
Although the technology wasn't as comprehensive as nowadays, it was pretty apparent that it was a valid goal and should have stood.
This fella didn't have any skin in the game, he was a DUFC supporter and made a genuine call (even though it was wrong). At the end of the season, he was invited to various ludges as a "guest of honour", but he wanted no part of that. He was also given the opportunity to be fast-tracked through the system, but he became so disillusioned by the principle of promotion for cheating, that he withdrew from officiating.
His son went on to have a few good seasons with Arbroath and his youngest boy went on to play for Newcastle and, somewhat Ironically, the sheep.
I still see the fella out and about in Dundee and he is a genuinely nice man, he still talks about his regret, not at impeding Celtic, but at making a basic mistake in doing something he took pride in.
The point is, that after officiating at that level for years, he only gained the attention of the sfra when he screwed over The Celtic, I don't think much has changed in the last 100 years, let alone the last 40.
As it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end.