Willie Collum’s Day Job- Jackson finally nails down the source of Ibrox agenda

After 10 days of flowing tears and hand wringing Keith Jackson has cut to the heart (and hand) of the Willie Collum problem.

Legacy media from newspapers to radio phone-ins and television stations have been going round the houses as they hang on to every statement out of Ibrox without questioning then cried naughty naughty when the Heart & Hand podcast revealed that a demand had been made of the SFA to keep Collum away from matches involving the Ibrox Tribute Act.

In Steven Gerrard’s first season at Ibrox the SFA kept Collum away for six months without any fanfare or media comment but going public about the RE teacher this time has turned sympathetic media voices against their club.

All sorts of reasons have been pedalled for their history with Collum but in a surprise move Jackson does highlight the issue that is at the heart of the current problem.

Let’s get rid of the elephant in the room here. Where some of the Rangers support are concerned, Collum’s day job as a teacher of religious education at a Roman Catholic school makes him one for the watching.

But the people in charge of the club ought to be a great deal bigger and better than that. Because every club in the top flight has reason to point to decisions that Collum has made on the pitch or in the VAR seat and wonder what on earth he was thinking about. And that includes Celtic.

It doesn’t take long on Ibrox fan media sites to pick up on their hatred for Collum and Catholics in general.

Many of the outlets carrying those comments and views are on the weekly media invite list to speak to Philippe Clement and the Ibrox players.

After mentioning that uncomfortable elephant Jackson reverts to type as he shares the claims and suspicions over dark forces inside the SFA over a wrong decision made worse by a cover up.

That is the SFA that appointed referees and VAR that went 74 SPFL matches without awarding a penalty against this ‘wronged’ club.