Regan plea compromises Nimmo Smith appeal
Rangers and the SPL both have the right to appeal against the rulings from Nimmo Smith with that appeal due to be heard by the SFA.
Yesterday Regan urged Scottish football to draw a line in the sand which surely compromises the impartiality of the SFA if any appeal is forthcoming.
When the chief office bearer of an organisation asks both sides to accept a verdict the prospects of an appeal being given a fair hearing have surely been compromised.
If the SFA are unable to hear an appeal then the CAS in Switzerland would be the next step for anyone appealing the Nimmo Smith judgement.
Bleating about the topic brought about by his own failure to apply the rules of the game without fear or favour Regan said: “Now is a good time for all parties to draw a line under all that’s gone on in the last 12 months.
“There’s been a lot of animosity and ill will expressed and with league reconstruction being such an important issue it is vital we seek to build a stronger game for the fans to watch.”
Regan later confirmed that despite his wish to move on the SFA would hear any appeal against the Nimmo Smith verdict.
The SFA chief added: “The report is subject to appeal from both sides and, as the appellate body, it’s not really up to the Scottish FA to be passing any comment on the sanction at this stage.”
Explaining why he attempted to engineer an SPL or First Division place for Sevco he added: “Over the past 12 months the Scottish FA, along with the leagues, have tried to put solutions in place that still allow Rangers to operate within Scottish football and prevent the rest of the game becoming collateral damage.
“We refute any suggestions we have done anything other than focus on what is good for Scottish football.
“My inbox over the past 12 months has been full of messages on the one hand saying Rangers have been treated too harshly and on the other saying they haven’t been treated harshly enough.
“It was an incredibly difficult situation where you have a club the size of Rangers getting into financial difficulties.”
Regan and his gerrymandering cronies have done more than anyone to inflict collateral damage on the Scottish game with his latest comments another example of how out of his depth the SFA chief executive is.
Until Regan finds employment elsewhere there is virtually no prospect of the Scottish game going forward to meet the action plans and performance indicators that define his current role.
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