{"id":13639,"date":"2018-11-19T09:01:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T09:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=13639"},"modified":"2018-11-19T09:01:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T09:01:14","slug":"celtic-diary-monday-november-19-res-12-a-call-to-arms-the-endgame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=13639","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Monday November 19: Res 12: A Call to Arms -The Endgame"},"content":{"rendered":"
Anyone who has been a regular reader of the diary will be aware of the doubts thrown up about the suitability of the SFA to govern football in Scotland after their novel and refreshing interpretation of the rules in 2011, when they recommended the granting of a UEFA licence to Rangers, in what we now know was a desperate attempt to keep the brand alive.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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Readers will also be aware that I’ve been going on about it for a few years now.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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You will be pleased to know that its almost over. One way or another I’ve a feeling that we’ll know whether or not our club was a party to it all, or , to give them the benefit of the doubt, was aware of the scam but couldn’t do anything about it.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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But that doesn’t matter now.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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Read through the following update, and if you are going to the AGM, feel free to ask questions when you’re there.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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1. Last September, before the 2017 AGM., Celtic entrusted the SFA to mount a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the UEFA Licence granted to Rangers FC in 2011.<\/div>\n
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2. Over a year later, including 8 months to investigate what transpired in 2011, the Compliance Officer referred the case to in May 2018 to the Judicial Panel Disciplinary Tribunal. (JPDT) and the process has stalled.<\/div>\n
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3. That JPDT process appears to have been thrown into disarray in July 2018 as a result of a claim from The Rangers Football Club\/Rangers International Football Club that CAS should be the proper authority to investigate.<\/div>\n
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4. This happened after the SFA had been notified in late June 2018 of concerns raised by the Res12 lawyer after evidence emerged late May that cast serious doubts on the legitimacy of the granting in April 2011 of the UEFA Licence. These concerns with the new evidence were also copied to Celtic at that time.<\/div>\n
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5. Have Celtic obtained answers from the SFA as a result of these developments (the new info\/referral to CAS) and have the answers the SFA provided given Celtic the confidence that the SFA are capable of the meeting the responsibility which they entrusted to the SFA over a year ago?<\/div>\n
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6. If yes, can Celtic explain on what grounds they are content to leave the matter with the SFA Judicial process?<\/div>\n
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7. If no, what do Celtic intend to do to meet shareholder concerns?<\/div>\n
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8. Have Celtic seen UEFA\u2019s latest statement at\u00a0<\/span>h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>p<\/span>s<\/span>:\/\/www.u<\/span>e<\/span>f<\/span>a.c<\/span>o<\/span>m\/i<\/span>n<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span>d<\/span>e<\/span>u<\/span>e<\/span>f<\/span>a\/<\/span>p<\/span>ro<\/span>t<\/span>e<\/span>c<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>n<\/span>g<\/span>-t<\/span>h<\/span>e<\/span>-g<\/span>am<\/span>e<\/span>\/c<\/span>l<\/span>u<\/span>b<\/span>-l<\/span>i<\/span>c<\/span>e<\/span>n<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span>n<\/span>g<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>d<\/span>-f<\/span>i<\/span>n<\/span>a<\/span>n<\/span>c<\/span>i<\/span>al<\/span>–<\/span>f<\/span>ai<\/span>r-p<\/span>l<\/span>ay\/<\/span>n<\/span>e<\/span>ws<\/span>\/n<\/span>e<\/span>ws<\/span>i<\/span>d<\/span>=258176<\/span>0.h<\/span>t<\/span>ml<\/span> and UEFA\u2019s action\u00a0<\/span>against national associations failing to apply UEFA FFP correctly (from\u00a0S<\/span>p<\/span>o<\/span>rt<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>L<\/span>aw\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>c<\/span>o<\/span>t<\/span>l<\/span>an<\/span>d\u00a0<\/span>h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>p<\/span>:\/\/www.s<\/span>p<\/span>o<\/span>rt<\/span>s<\/span>l<\/span>aws<\/span>c<\/span>o<\/span>t<\/span>l<\/span>an<\/span>d<\/span>.c<\/span>o<\/span>.u<\/span>k\/2018\/<\/span>11\/n<\/span>at<\/span>i<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span>al<\/span>-as<\/span>s<\/span>o<\/span>c<\/span>i<\/span>at<\/span>i<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span>s<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>an<\/span>c<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span>e<\/span>d<\/span>-b<\/span>y.h<\/span>t<\/span>ml<\/span>#.W<\/span>-S<\/span>A<\/span>c<\/span>U<\/span>x2vI<\/span>X<\/span> ) where links to the Settlement\u00a0<\/span>Agreements with Albania, Serbia and Kazakhstan can be read and does that not open the door to taking the matter of SFA governance to UEFA?<\/div>\n
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9. Based on what they now know are Celtic confident that when they sell tickets to supporters, they can assure them that they are paying to watch a game where the rules will be applied without fear or favour under the Judicial Panel Protocol that gives the SFA total control over what is to be investigated?<\/div>\n
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10. Are Celtic putting the above question along with the grounds for asking it to their fellow SPFL club Directors?<\/div>\n
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11. Do they share Celtic\u2019s concerns about the risks to the integrity of Scottish football where the rules can be circumvented by the SFA alone to provide a desired rather than just outcome?<\/div>\n
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12. Given the possibility of fraud should Celtic involve the police if\u00a0 licence obtained and retained on false grounds?<\/div>\n
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We’ve had too many excuses over the years, too many heads turned away and too many voices telling us to move on.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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If the first eleven questions don’t get a satisfactory\u00a0 answer, then its on to question 12.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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And we don’t need the clubs permission for that.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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All the evidence is there. It just seems we’ve been giving it to the wrong people ….<\/em><\/div>\n
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If we don’t deal with this now, then we never will.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Time to step up.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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