Campbell Ogilvie was interviewed in today’s Scotland on Sunday but he singularly failed to deflect the central criticism of him continuing as president of the SFA despite being a director of Rangers during the period they introduced the controversial EBTs and, allegedly, illegally registered players with the SFA, which Ogilvie was also a director of.
Interviewer, Andrew Smith, asked “Can you see there being an issue with you being SFA president at a time when there is an ongoing SPL investigation into non-disclosure of payments at Rangers that you are directly linked to? You were a director and the secretary who signed off the accounts in November 2001. At that time the EBT scheme was in operation and players were receiving payments that weren’t in their contracts.”
Ogilvie’s response laid bare how inappropriate the situation is: “I was secretary up until 2002. That’s correct. I was a director, that’s correct.”
All he could do in response to the question of how inappropriate his job as SFA president is when Rangers are under investigation for non-disclosure of payments he was “directly linked to” is confirm he was a secretary and director. He didn’t even offer a counter argument.
It was as though he’d been coached, badly, about what to do when you are asked a question you don’t want to answer. Simply not answering the question and making an irrelevant statement treats Scottish football fans like fools.
The truth is he did not and cannot answer the question. If Campbell Ogilvie cannot argue why there is not an issue for him continuing to be SFA president, why is he still SFA president?
Ogilvie confirmed that in March he told Andrew Smith that there were no side contracts and insisted this was “the case to the best of my knowledge”, despite Smith referring him to the recent BBC documentary, the assertions of which have not been challenged.
Readers would have been confused by this ‘knowledge’, that there were no side contracts as Ogilvie immediately denied involvement with player contracts.
This duel position, bearing witness that there were no side contracts, while denying knowledge of player contracts, is wholly inconsistent and, in itself, reasons enough to for his dismissal.
One of the most intriguing comments from Ogilvie was “I might have signed some documents from time to time. I certainly didn’t do the player negotiations, I didn’t do the contracts.”
He “might have signed some documents from time to time”. Oh dear.
If he signed some documents active in this scandal “from time to time”, for pity sake, just go. Pack your bags, apologise profusely and get out of Scottish football.
We await to hear who conducted the inquiry into Ogilvie which allowed Stewart Regan to clear Ogivlie, but if this shoddy testimony informed their decision, the scandal at the heart of the SFA has taken on a new dimension.
Rumours that the SFA did not conduct an inquiry into Campbell Ogilvie and that chief exec, Stewart Regan, spoke inappropriately in order to save the skin of his pal, remain unfounded.
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penalty denied -dodgy as hell -totally flattened -shocking decision!!
Stonewaller
HH
Blatant pen on Keane….FFS!
T4
Hows that not a penalty???
HH
Mandzukic + Jelavic have given St Ledger + Dunne a pretty torrid time
That was a foul on Keane. Stonewall pen for Ireland not given
Keane must think he`s back in the SPL with that decision
awful
That was a stonewall pen
Went right through the back of robbie ref bottled it
should have been a penalty
Stonewaller denied the Irish. Is the ref an Oranje?
Second phase penalty?
Ref was influences by the boos from the crowd there. Ireland playing the game to the letter of the law…
PF ayr
Should have said ‘consistently don’t know the laws of the game when officiating at games when Celtic are attacking’. So, you’re right :-)
Pen probably not given because Ireland didn’t put the ball out of play.
Shocking decision!!
BT/ Lennon’s Passion
So Celtic started it before City then. That was my point.
Now it’s referred to as the Poznan because that’s when an English team started it.
Confusion reigns over many of the rules of the SFA and SPL. Indeed 2 very senior high court judges came to completely opposite conclusions over one SFA rule. We still don’t know whether Rangers are under a signing embargo or not. As long as they are in administration they are, however do we know for sure what the position is when the CVA outcome is known
Moving on….
There is on aspect of the SPL articles of association which is somewhat confusing. Firstly if the CVA fails and Rangers have to move forward as a Newco which applies to the SPL to take over Rangers share. What is the position on voting. Will Rangers be allowed a vote.
It is feasible that the CVA could fail, Rangers stay in administration for a further period , and in that period an application is made by Green for a Newco entry to the SPL. This raises some questions
1 Would Rangers be entitled to vote on the Newco application .
2 Could in fact there even be a vote if there was no vacancy.
3 Would Rangers have to be liquidated before there was a vacancy
Or
4 Is the Newco vote only seeking approval of the share transfer from Rangers to Newco
I cannot see within the articles where this situation is catered for in relation to 1.
Why is it relevant?
Well Doncaster has told us that it needs an 8/4 majority as a minimum. The actual wording in the articles is that it requires a 66% majority. If 12 vote there has to be more than 7.92 votes for yes to meet the acceptance criteria. Doncaster is therefore correct to describe it as a minimum of 8/4
However if there are only 11 entitled to vote, and it would go against all ethical behavior to allow Rangers to vote, then under the articles a 66% level of support requires a minimum of 7.24 votes. Under their own articles 7 votes would not be enough.
This becomes critical on the basis that if Rangers are not allowed to vote, as they shouldn’t be, then 4 no votes stop Newco. Should Rangers be allowed to vote, then 5 No votes are required to stop Newco getting SPL entry.
Will Doncaster attempt to rig the vote by allowing Rangers to vote ? We need to know this sooner rather than later.
To be fair, if Spain and Italy weren’t in the group, or only one of them was, I’d have fancied Croatia to reach at least QF anyway
Thank god for father ted
Evening bhoys, hot, dissapointed but as ever hun free.
Had far too much to drink, football was ok today, Spain did a scotland, no strikers, the locals were not impressed, they were all screaming for Torres, when he came on they were all screaming for him to be taken off, can’t please some folks.
Ireland were Ireland, a championship team up against a prem team, should have had a pen, might have made a difference, but I doubt it.
They will just have to draw against Spain and the beat the Italians
From the bbc website !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KID YOU NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Team by Team
AberdeenSFA investigates clubs’ finances
CelticSFA investigates clubs’ finances
Dundee UnitedSFA investigates clubs’ finances
DunfermlineDunfermline add three new faces
Heart of MidlothianSFA investigates clubs’ finances
HibernianSFA investigates clubs’ finances
Inverness Caledonian ThistleSFA investigates clubs’ finances
KilmarnockSFA investigates clubs’ finances
MotherwellSFA investigates clubs’ finances
RangersRangers could make early signings
St JohnstoneSFA investigates clubs’ finances
St MirrenSFA investigates clubs’ finances
leftclicktic
Naw, are you serious ????
TET
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-premier
leftclicktic
Why am I surprised ?
They never fail to deliver………..
The mind boggles
ET. Yes he is serious….dear god..they have no idea do they?.. they might as well be reporting on a parallel universe ..the worst sports news section anywhere…quite shameful..still only in the best wee bigotted country in the world ..dearie me ..
Signing new players when they owe mills to others!!! Ffs
TET
Hunbelieveable or what a burst oot laughing in disbelief
leftclicktic
It’s laughable in its stupidity!!
johann
What gets me is the total denial.
Not being in scotland, I sort of see things from a different view, but ffs, who are they trying to kid, the huns are fecked, whatever way you look at it.
Would the media not have been better employed at looking at how to save thems, I really can’t get the head round it.
I suppose the next date to avoid is the 12th, jeezo, how can a bunch of inbreads have so much influence ?????????
Couple of exciting games today.
Spain trying to ‘Barca’ their way to goal and the Italians doing what Italians do .
Ireland seemed to lose their ‘luck’ tonight and maybe didn’t deserve the margin of their defeat .
Motherwelltim has taken a slight lead ith Downpatrickbhoy and Thom’s Sellick a close 2nd .
Leaderboard here http://www.sportguru.co.uk/euro2012//pool_leaderboard.asp?p=10018468
Goodluck tomorrow because that’s when the tournament starts apparently !
Sanna
I must apologise to all inbreads out there btw
HUNBELlEVABLE
ET it’s a combination of the ” wee are the peepul ” mentality and move along timmy attitude..essentially they believe they can do anything without recrimination …we will see ..hh
From the RTC site to put a smile on our face :))))
Smartie1947 says:
10/06/2012 at 11:11 pm
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Taken from RM tonight. Possibly the best quote in this whole affair!
Posted Today, 08:38 PM
“Theres no way hearts are going to take pennies in the pound deal
there chairman is a nutcase”
Good night all HAIL HAIL
sanna
I would have been slightly higher up the board had my original 1-1 score today been registered, but hey ho :>))))
Wonder what they will be like when they get humped by France, sooo looking forward to it, not looking forward to them winning tho, they will be unbearable….
Sannabhoy
What are the initials above the scores?
I’m sure a few weeks C O described his EBT’s as “loans”.
Now he’s saying they were bonus payments .
Can a bonus be a loan?………..I’m confused – maybe he is too.
Btw for the Bhoys discussing the Huddle earlier on, it was first done by Celtic supporters, initiated by the Green Brigade, as far back as the 2007-08 season. It was done away from home but can’t actually remember where!!
I think the first time it was done en masse at Parkhead was in 2010.
THE EXILED TIM on 10 June, 2012 at 23:14 said:
I must apologise to all inbreads out there btw
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Use the loaf, TET.
It’s not as if you knead the dough.
johann
The joy of being here is the fact it’s totally hun free, even when I venture down the costas, there are very little huns about, but, on ocassion on the golf course, I come across hun loving peepil, I must admit I do take great pleasure in baiting them, they want to retaliate so feckin much, the more they get agitated, the more I rile them, it’s stood me in good stead, I keep beating them :>)))
Am I a bad person?????…………..oh yes, and I love it……