Powerful Stuff this!!!
Now IANAL, but I'd imagine that to state such things with certainty on a Blog, you would have to imagine that you have some pretty persuasive ammunition in your locker, wouldn't you say?
Do tampered match reports prove bias?
I was asked earlier this week for proof of bias. Bias is one of those human traits which is reluctant to leave evidence. If you don’t give a decision because you are biased, where does it show? Even ridiculously wrong decisions caught on TV don’t prove bias.
Written evidence is different. What if only one version of the truth was allowed in Scottish football, and that ‘truth’ was controlled. What if most of the writers were unerringly on-message and when one occasionally drifted from the required path he was sent away to change ‘his’ mind?
What if all of this only happened in games involving Celtic? Would that prove bias?
In recent weeks the pages of Celtic Quick News have shocked some of you. Tales of alleged sectarianism and revelations of a match report with the now infamous “Dougie, Dougie” lie, but just how false an environment do we operate in?
Before Scottish football plunges into further crisis it’s time we had complete disclosure of any fundamental issues relating to trust, honesty or integrity. All stakeholders in the game deserve nothing less.
This is perhaps another occasion where a card-carrying journalist is better placed than a blogger. If such a journalist is keen to be part of the biggest story in Scotland this year, at the earliest opportunity, ask Stewart Regan:
“Have SFA match observers’ reports involving Celtic Football Club been rejected with instructions to amend and resubmit?”
If he answers “yes” or “no comment”, you have a front page story on your hands. If he answers “no”, come back to me; we should meet.
I was asked earlier this week for proof of bias. Bias is one of those human traits which is reluctant to leave evidence. If you don’t give a decision because you are biased, where does it show? Even ridiculously wrong decisions caught on TV don’t prove bias.
Written evidence is different. What if only one version of the truth was allowed in Scottish football, and that ‘truth’ was controlled. What if most of the writers were unerringly on-message and when one occasionally drifted from the required path he was sent away to change ‘his’ mind?
What if all of this only happened in games involving Celtic? Would that prove bias?
In recent weeks the pages of Celtic Quick News have shocked some of you. Tales of alleged sectarianism and revelations of a match report with the now infamous “Dougie, Dougie” lie, but just how false an environment do we operate in?
Before Scottish football plunges into further crisis it’s time we had complete disclosure of any fundamental issues relating to trust, honesty or integrity. All stakeholders in the game deserve nothing less.
This is perhaps another occasion where a card-carrying journalist is better placed than a blogger. If such a journalist is keen to be part of the biggest story in Scotland this year, at the earliest opportunity, ask Stewart Regan:
“Have SFA match observers’ reports involving Celtic Football Club been rejected with instructions to amend and resubmit?”
If he answers “yes” or “no comment”, you have a front page story on your hands. If he answers “no”, come back to me; we should meet.
Now IANAL, but I'd imagine that to state such things with certainty on a Blog, you would have to imagine that you have some pretty persuasive ammunition in your locker, wouldn't you say?
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