There’s an industry of deliberate misunderstanding in Scottish football (and on the pages of CQN). One of the last vestiges of this is the SFA’s fabled Fit and Proper Test. There is no test, never has been a test and in all likelihood, never will be a test. It was almost certainly a figment of some under-informed journalist, who provided the concept enough currency for it to endure in the imagination, despite many, many, people explaining reality.
To be a director of a football club you need to be Fit and Proper, you do not sit or pass a test.
It’s a bit like:
To do a job you need to speak English, you do not sit or pass an English language test.
If you accept the above job assuring your employer you can speak English, and you can’t, you are likely to be fired.
If you accept a job as a director of a football club, assuring the SFA you are Fit and Proper, and you aren’t, the SFA will ban you from football and discipline the club for failing to ensure a director was Fit and Proper before appointment.
This morning the incessant campaign continues to throw reputational damage on anyone who would be inclined to point out that Dave King contravenes the eligibility rules on becoming a football club director. This is different from being Fit and Proper, which is a subjective assessment, Mr King is simply ineligible.
The reasons for his ineligibility (he was a director of a football club which was liquidated within the last 5 years), and other matters, most notably, his 41 convictions for breaking the tax law in South Africa, and the blame laid at his door by the SPL’s Lord Nimmo-Smith report, make up material reason why the SFA may consider him not Fit and Proper to run a football club.
After targeting Peter Lawwell yesterday, the campaign today turns direct to the SFA, who are accused of allowing Craig Whyte to “bluff his way through the Hampden [non-existent] ‘test’ by simply filling out an official SFA form”.
As should be patently obvious to anyone with a dozen or more brain cells, the SFA form is neither a ‘test’ nor a certification of appropriateness from the SFA.
The obligation to ensure a football club appoints Fit and Proper directors lies with that club’s board. If the board fail in their duty to the game, the club is liable to sanction from the SFA.
So who was on the board which appointed Craig Whyte as a director of Rangers?
Our emerging heroes, the men who chased away the billionaire, Dave King and Paul Murray. As non-executive directors of Rangers they had a responsibility to the club’s stakeholders that their interests were being protected.
The Institute of Directors factsheet on the role of non-execs quotes the Cadbury Report, saying they “should bring an independent judgement to bear on issues of strategy, performance and resources including key appointments and standards of conduct.”
It was the Rangers board’s responsibility to instruct the necessary checks on Craig Whyte’s appropriateness to be a director of the club. They either failed to do this, or if they did, failed to act on the information, or withdraw their names from the club’s register of directors.
Sir David Murray may have controlled the majority of shares, but as recent boardroom events at newco demonstrate, there is a great deal non-execs, when in a majority on the board, can do to inhibit major shareholders if they believe the interests of other stakeholders are being jeopardised.
Non-execs are not there to wear the blazer and attend supporters’ events, they are the eyes and ears of the supporters, shareholders, employees and creditors who are not privy to the inner workings of the club. In this respect, Mr King and Mr P. Murray failed Rangers on a cataclysmic level.
They are, in every respect possible, perfect for the job of running newco. My prediction (no inside info) is the SFA will fold under sustained media pressure, set aside their ineligibility rules and allow Mr King and Mr P. Murray to work their magic one more time.
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Bada Bing
Will do mate.Throat still a wee bit sore just now.HH
Zico
Such relief. Great news. Good luck kiddo. :-))
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Bada and Saltiires, sorry for my late reply,just back in after running back and forward with my little darlings.
Bada, Stefan caught that git Hammil late in our 2 nil victory v Killie. Hammil collapsed n a heap then praise the lord, he,made a miraculous recovery when Stefan was booked. Hammil looks like a footballer but when he gets the ball, he can’t do anything with it. Guys like Hammil are one of the reasons our game will not progress.
Saltires, I hope you are well and your new business venture is doing well.
I remember from some of your previous posts that Aiden Nesbit is a joahnstone bhoy. A lot of good people have come from there lol.
Did Aidan not score the winner against them in the Glasgow Cup last season?
Zico-Maltese Bhoy
Thumbs up :o)
glad to see that I am not the only grumpy old man on here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXCgwKAH1Uw&feature=youtu.be
Ronny lecture. A must watch but you need 45 minutes. Every minute is worth it.
Well done to the young hoops
And zico congrats on your good news
zico …. best news of the day. hail, hail.
Bayern bDortmund 1-1 extra time.
Owen Hargreaves is one of the finest pundits on TV.
Great technical knowledge.
jmccormick
Very funny programme on BBC called W1A. A spoof on the inner working of the BBC and really hammers management speak. Thursday 21.00.
Watched the Ronny Deila lecture….very interesting…the meeja going on about
him being a tough disciplinarian ,wanting our players punished for this n that,
the eejits know fek all ,Ronny will do for me ,they can have their loyal cardiganness
so called hard man stare…wallopers one and all.HH
Zico,great news my friend, went through the same concerns in my mid 40s & 50s, thought ah wis a Submarine mare Scopes than Jodrell Bank.However they removed the problem and I am headen for the 69.
Awerabest PJ
Cheers hrvatski jim
hrvatski jim
Been on that since they did the 2012 Olympics spoof series. Scary, hoe flose to tne truth it is…..whats the first question you ask a management consultant?…….so, when were you made redundant?……that’s one of mine by the way.
Apologies for txt speak last post…had a few…
Wee stickies goat stuffed.
Well done to our Young Bhoys!!!
HH
Gerry
jmccormick
Had a few……poor spelling.
Are you a BBC consultant?
Rwe
Mike in Toronto
Ginger
The exiled Tim
Weefrathetim
Corkcelt
Thanks for the good wishes guys.
Cheers I am now looking forward to seeing the hoops on Friday whilst in Barcelona.HH
Hvratski jim
I wish, poorly paid grunt in a medium sized Scottish company….we do pay living wage I am proud to report.
Bada Bing
You have Mail.HH
Zico
Just back on. Really glad it all went well, a wee group of weans in North Glasgow said a prayer for you this morning.
I am watching the programme about VE night in London when the Queen was out in the crowds and dancing a conga through The Ritz.
The day after we beat Barcelona 2-1 I was in London with a bit of a sore head following the previous nights celebration.
A good Tim friend was meeting me to introduce me to a German business man he knew. The meeting and lunch was in The Rita.
Very cheapest small glass of wine was £26.50
Thankfully I was on the water and the German was paying for lunch.
Watched Ronny’s lecture and I have got to say that he seems to have the answers to managers’ problems. I am now in a retired status but readily acknowledge that I should’ve used his approach to dealing with with weak members of my team over the last 25 years.
Management is obviously not an exact science and it appears that I fecked it up on a regular basis. Having watched this, he will go on to achieve great things.
COYBIG
The Glasgow Cup is one of the best looking trophies in football.
Good to know its resting in Paradise.
Jude, you must be the proudest grandfather in the world tonight after Josh scoring in tonight’s Glasgow Cup final.
The video celts site has Josh’s photo on their twitter feed.
gerrybhoy
Management? A mystery yo us all…another thing I learned from a JFK quote, no idea who penned it…”the time to mend the roof is when the sun is shining” that served Liverpool well in their glory years.
Celtic Foundation donates £5,000 ,to Nepal Disaster Appeal.
Greenpinata –
Now that you mention it, what happened to kojo? Did I miss some bad news?
Genuine enquiry.
Zico
Good news buddy, and I bet Mrs ZMB is looking forward to the silent driving :-))
Enjoy Barcelona and your meet with Livibhoy HH
Back in 1967 Celtic won 5 trophies
We now have two of those in the cabinet and going for the league championship to make it three
Treble my @rse indeed ;)
Tom,
I don’t have a clue what has happened to Kojo, I only know I haven’t seen his posts for some time.
HH.
Zico
Glad to hear your news. Wishing you a full recovery from the procedure.
17s beat sevco 2 nil in the G C cup final Josh scored the first one!!!
HH Zico. Good news indeed. A weight of your mind I’m sure.
Bada@21.56
Fair play to the Celtic foundation for that donation. No doubt such generosity will feature prominently in the SMSM tomorrow.
Dontholdyourbreathcsc
Jude,
You must be a proud granda tonight pal.!
Zico
The doctor removed a couple of wee things from my colon and throat for biopsy
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Hope he used different cutlery!
Glad to hear it went well mhate.
HH jamesgang
Got a good bit of coverage on here earlier jude, we were speculating on whether you were at match.