Del
Well-Known Member
What qualification does the SFA Compliant Officer have to overule football officiating decisions made on the pitch?
There has been a million words written about his background, his motives and those who he chooses to take his information feed from.
I saw tonight the claim that he looked at the Bowman assault and decided it was a yellow card. Nothing in his CV states that he is in a position to judge what is reckless over what is intentional.
Because a guy has a law degree he is now the overiding authority on officiating?
Here is what the SFA released on his appointment
The Scottish FA is pleased to confirm that Tony McGlennan has been appointed as our new Compliance Officer, replacing the outgoing Vincent Lunny.
Tony joins from the criminal law firm, Penmans, with whom he has been a Partner since 1998, having joined the company in 1996. He is a solicitor advocate who has conducted criminal litigation at all levels of the court structure, including the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court.
Tony has a keen interest in football, having played at amateur level for a number of years. He is currently a volunteer coach to young footballers and holds coaching certificates in the Scottish FA's youth coaching pathway.
Tony will begin his new role next month and engage in a handover period with the outgoing Compliance Officer.
Rangers are right to take them to task and the whole compliant officer charade should be challenged all the way.
There has been a million words written about his background, his motives and those who he chooses to take his information feed from.
I saw tonight the claim that he looked at the Bowman assault and decided it was a yellow card. Nothing in his CV states that he is in a position to judge what is reckless over what is intentional.
Because a guy has a law degree he is now the overiding authority on officiating?
Here is what the SFA released on his appointment
The Scottish FA is pleased to confirm that Tony McGlennan has been appointed as our new Compliance Officer, replacing the outgoing Vincent Lunny.
Tony joins from the criminal law firm, Penmans, with whom he has been a Partner since 1998, having joined the company in 1996. He is a solicitor advocate who has conducted criminal litigation at all levels of the court structure, including the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court.
Tony has a keen interest in football, having played at amateur level for a number of years. He is currently a volunteer coach to young footballers and holds coaching certificates in the Scottish FA's youth coaching pathway.
Tony will begin his new role next month and engage in a handover period with the outgoing Compliance Officer.
Rangers are right to take them to task and the whole compliant officer charade should be challenged all the way.