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da realbet： Michael Stewart is the latest to weigh in on the controversy surrounding Scott Brown’s SFA citation, blasting the organisation for their “nonsense” charge against the Bhoys skipper.
It’s now well over a week since the Hoops topped their arch-rivals in what was likely the game that settled the title race once and for all, as goals from Odsonne Edouard and James Forrest trumped Ryan Kent’s strike in a 2-1 win.
The debate surrounding all things Brown has raged on though, as the 33 year-old was cited for “not acting in the best interests of Association Football”.
And Stewart, who was rejected from Rangers’ youth system in his playing days before spending time with Hibernian and Hearts later in his career, has slammed the SFA’s decision to go after Brown.
What did he say?
“Last week we find ourselves in a situation where we have a charge that seems to have been made up from thin air about ‘not acting in the best interests of association football’,” he told BBC Sportsound, as reported by Football Scotland.
“18 months ago the rules came out that players couldn’t be charged retrospectively for gestures so there’s a complete contradiction all of the time.
“What a woolly, generalised rule. You could do that for anything. You could literally charge anybody for any incident for not acting in the ‘best interests of association football’.
“It means anything and everything. It’s a total nonsense.”
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A nonsense grey area
Plenty of fans and pundits alike have slammed the SFA for citing Brown, but Stewart has hit on a really important point that has often gone overlooked.
The fact that they took the decision to go after Brown for his actions in the Old Firm is not really the issue. The issue is that there is no consistency from the organisation, as they continually contradict themselves and move the goalposts.
And the five key words are of course “best interests of association football”, even if the only reason those words are key is because no one actually knows what they mean.
How can the SFA possibly determine what is or isn’t in the best interests of football as a whole? More worryingly, if celebrating passionately after a crucial derby win isn’t in football’s best interest, what on earth is?
Stewart has highlighted a seemingly infinite grey area, and until the SFA clears their own rules and process up, no one will take them seriously.