I think it can be traced back to when John Reid joined them. Ever since they seem to have a dedicated department that works on them trying to win the game off the field as well as on.
I wish we had more of a strategy that way, if only to be able to combat their antics. They seem to court politicians, have a large number of placemen in the media to influence public opinion and put pressure on referees, cover up there own sectarian antics while highlighting anything they can find in this regard on our side, and make things up if not.
I`m not sure where we go from here. I get why the other clubs would be happy with this, it gives them a very small chance they wont lose revenue from ground closures/limits. I suspect that they knew this however and was why they were ready to go with this proposal the moment restrictions were announced.
With this and the very early call and shenanigans associated with the early league call of a couple of years back lifting back the curtain to the corruption of the governing body, it does seem like we are often fighting more than just to win on the field.
and they had the cheek to coin the term sporting integrity.