SFA backdown from John Brown touchline ban
The outburst came after Muir awarded Aberdeen a soft penalty which Niall McGinn netted to relegate Dundee from the SPL.
What exactly is involved in a censure is hard to determine but effectively means that Brown has got away with direct criticism of a referee’s performance and his ability to do the job.
The Dundee boss rejected the offer of a one match touchline ban and won his case after appearing before the SFA.
After the incident involving a dive by Aberdeen’s Peter Pawlett, Brown said: “You expect officials to do their job and it makes a mockery of it.
“(We have) a referee that can go to his work on a Monday morning and can sleep well tonight.
“This is our livelihoods. It has been taken out of our hands. It is a shocking decision for the penalty kick.
“That has taken us down. That decision has taken us down and it’s a disgrace. It is the worst thing I have ever seen. He can’t get it right.”
Brown had threatened to quit football if he was hit with a ban but stepped away from that pledge.
The Dundee boss later claimed that his comments were made in the heat of the moment after being told by Dens Park chief executive Scot Gardiner that his resignation wouldn’t be accepted.
The thoughts of Kenny Clark and Stuart Dougal are unknown but it’s unlikely that the failure to punish Brown with a ban will trigger another referee strike.