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John Clark
5th January 2020 at 22:07
StevieBC 5th January 2020 at 17:44
'..i.e. any action / attack on Johnston is an attack on 'Rangers'… followed by the usual threats, complaints, online polls, etc.'
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As far as I understand matters, StevieBC, it is important to note that the principal thrust of the Res 12 Requisitioners is against the
SFA, and
not against RIFC plc or TRFC Ltd.
The basic allegation is that
RFC of 1872 lied to the SFA Licensing Committee, which in turn, passed on ( possibly in collusion) untruthful information to UEFA, and that on the basis of an untruth the Licensing Committee abused their delegated powers to award a licence that ought not to have been awarded, with the possible knowledge and collusion of the SFA Board as a whole.
Neither TRFC nor RIFC plc was, or could have been, involved in any possible
fiddle to do with the awarding of a UEFA Competitions licence to RFC of 1872 in 2011, for the very obvious reason that neither was in existence at the time.
Only individual persons at RIFC plc/TRFC Ltd who were directors
of RFC of 1872 at the material time could conceivably be alleged to have been party (under the collective liability of directors) to any potential fiddle!
It's clearly of far greater importance to investigate the question of whether the
very Governance body was, is, guilty of what would be a shocking abuse of office than to worry about the potential cheating and lying of a single club which is now in Liquidation.
If there
was lying on the part of RFC of 1872, then of course, some sanction such as retrospective expulsion would have to be applied to RFC of 1872 and to any and/or all of its directors in office at the time.
In other words, Res12 is not, except very indirectly, an attack on TRFC/RIFC: it is an attempt to have the
possibility that there might have been collusive corruption by the Governance body in a monstrous act of deception involving one member club and several millions of pounds.
The allegations with good
prima facie grounds for them are out there, and simply
must be investigated by an independent , external body that
itself could not be accused of partiality or partisanship.
For the sake of Scottish Football and the integrity of sport, not for the sake of 'Rangers bashing'