The SFA is, at first sight, a sports team and a business, you would expect its principle aims would be to have a successful team and a profitable business. If you do, you'd be wrong.
The SFA has been intent on driving a wedge between Rangers and their support and the national team for decades. Like many Bears, I remember the days when Rangers buses doubled up as Scotland buses for midweek games. It changed when Souness arrived, IMO at first coz the SFA thought Rangers were getting "too big for their boots", right up to the disgrace that was the treatment of Duncan Ferguson, convicted for an action that happens every week in every pitch from Pitz to pub league to SPFL. Then, things took a much more sinister turn, the Celtic Minded started consolidating power in the SFA and SPFL and the media and in politics.
From the mid 90s, Rangers players have been routinely booed by the Scotland support, not because of anything performance related, but because they play for Rangers. The media, politicians and the SFA have never once challenged this or tried to address it - imagine for a moment it had been Celtic players being booed and harassed, we all know the fallout, if it happened even once, let alone constantly for 25 years. Every hack and imbecile in office would be falling over themselves to publicly denounce whatever vapid virtue signalling would elicit the most woke points. The SFA would have another "task force" of self anointed buffoons on another talking shop jolly of condescension we'd all be forced to suffer.
But when it's Rangers players (and now even Rangers supporting players) getting it tight, that's alright. The conspiracy of silence is tacit support for the abuse. IMO Rangers fans make up say 35-40% of all football fans in Scotland, why would a business alienate 40% of its potential customers? But it's even more than that, internationals are predominantly mid-week, those most likely to attend live reasonably close to Hampden - within the geographical zone of "likely to attend" Rangers fans make up, what, 55-60% of potential customers?
What business sets out to alienate more than half its customer base, it'd be like Starbucks saying "Women not Welcome". This must be madness? No, it's perfectly logical when you understand the real agenda. The "Celtic minded" dominate the SFA, SPFL, media and politics. The Celtic minded do not care about Scotland, if you want to know where their loyalties lie, look at what flag flies from their stands. For the Celtic minded, the SFA is a well paid jolly, which allows them to progress their real and only agenda, help Celtic and harm Rangers. It's a simple as that, Scotland results are irrelevant as they dont care. The SFA arent going anywhere, so long as there is football in Scotland there will be the SFA.
Further, they have the Rangers haters in the Dandy Dons and Hibernian, these morons actually want Scotland to do well, but they hate Rangers so much they can't see that they are being used, again, as Lawwell's wank rag, which is evidently their sole value and purpose. These clowns are happy to carry on booing Rangers players, which keeps Rangers fans away, which means empty stands, lower revenue, bad atmosphere and harm for the team, so long as they get it up Rangers.
Whilst the Celtic minded dominate the SFA, SPFL, media and politics (and with the recent shame of the child abuse summit at Celtic park, now the Police) things will only get worse, as evidenced both by results and that the Scotland support in the absence of Rangers players playing, are now directing their ire at Rangers supporting players. And it will never be challenged.
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