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    Goalposts Moved By Conflict of Interests

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    MSP Fergus Ewing has called the SPL vote, which excluded Caley Thistle from their rightful promotion to the SPL, a mockery of the whole league system. He also believes the Executive Sports Minister, Frank McAveety, should comment on a system which is bringing the game in Scotland into ridicule.


    SPL VOTE KEEPS CALEY THISTLE OUT

    GOAL POSTS MOVED BY CONFLICT OF INTEREST

    Local MSP Fergus Ewing has called the SPL vote, which excluded his local football team from their rightful promotion to the Premier League, a mockery of the whole league system. He also believes the Executive Sports Minister, Frank McAveety, should comment on a system which is bringing the rules of the game in Scotland into ridicule. He said:

    "This SPL vote makes a mockery of the whole league system. Caley Thistle won the First Division on merit which should have ensured their promotion without question. They also met all the criteria to play in the SPL despite the absurd 10,000 seater rule.

    "Criticism of those who voted against Caley Thistle should only be aimed at those who took the vote. Looking at the comments from fans of others teams whose boards may have voted against I know there is a great deal of sympathy for Caley Thistle. There is a sense of disbelief at fair play not being applied.

    "It should also be pointed out that there were seven votes for Caley Thistle which shows there was a majority in favour. However it makes a mockery of the rules that a qualified majority is needed to ensure a promotion that should be a given under the rules.

    "Furthermore the question of whether Partick Thistle voted on keeping themselves up raises issues of a conflict of interest. In all this vote makes a mockery of having rules about promotion and relegation. You might as well do away with playing football games and let the SPL vote for who wins the Championship!

    "This vote also smacks of certain biases that excluded Highland teams from playing top flight football in the past. As the success of Caley Thistle and Ross County show that bias was not based on a lack of footballing skills in the north of Scotland but on the naked self-interests of those who voted.

    "This should matter to the Scottish sports Minister and he could intervene on this matter as regards ground safety and seating. The Executive have the powers to intervene in those areas but do not choose to do so.

    "In particular the 10,000 seater rule is a nonsense since only two clubs can even fill that capacity. By using that as an excuse to block Caley Thistle shows that a sense of fair play has escaped those who voted against.

    "Caley Thistle are now appealing to the SFA and I will give them what support they require to see that this injustice is overturned. If the SFA do not they will only harm the image of the game in Scotland further."




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