THE Club notes with concern the latest disclosure through the media regarding a business relationship which the Chairman of the SPFL has with leading shareholders of a fellow SPFL club.
This has given rise to allegations of non-disclosure and it is now imperative that we discover exactly the nature of the information supplied to the SPFL regarding this relationship.
It is equally important that any conflicts of interest, or even the perception of such, whereby positions within the Scottish football authorities could be undermined, or abused, must be aggressively rooted out of our game.
The SPFL, therefore, must immediately suspend its Chairman pending an independent investigation by a senior QC into the allegations and into the extent that other parties within the SPFL may have cooperated in this alleged non-disclosure. There is a clear prima facie case for this investigation.
Unfortunately for Scottish football, this incident immediately follows a similar call by myself for an independent non-executive director of the SFA to be suspended under similar circumstances. The credibility of Scottish Football in the minds of supporters and sponsors is at stake and urgent action is required. Transparency will be key to recovering the confidence of key stakeholders in Scottish football and this cannot be achieved if the SFA and/or the SPFL conduct internal investigations.
The SPFL and SFA must now appoint independent investigators. Scottish football is an important national asset and must have levels of probity and governance that are beyond reproach and that are transparently so.
https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/chairman-calls-for-second-independent-investigation/
Dave King
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No good mate. Not up again till August. Don't suppose he's exhibiting elsewhere this summer.
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Don't you just love JA. A thread about Dave King turns into a discussion on art. What a civilised place this is.
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I hope Admins are paying Dave.
He generates the articles with the most comments on here.
Dave
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comment by Zachsda(Chicken Georges' cousin once removed) (U1850)
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comment by theresgonnaebeashow (U5686)
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No good mate. Not up again till August. Don't suppose he's exhibiting elsewhere this summer.
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There's usually some of his work hanging in a gallery in Parnie St. behind The Tron Theatre
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Cheers Zachs. I'll take a look if I get the chance.
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comment by Irishred (U2539)
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I hope Admins are paying Dave.
He generates the articles with the most comments on here.
Dave
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They are, and that's the money he's promised Stevie.
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https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/2715000/rangers-alfredo-morelos-besiktas-e2million/
Its just like 6m man barrie mackay all over again.
posted on 30/5/18
DAVE KING has hit back at the SPFL and insisted they would ‘welcome’ an independent review if they had ‘behaved properly’.
And he has claimed that Hampden board members were not informed about a potential conflict of interest involving chairman Murdoch MacLennan and Celtic.
On Tuesday, the Rangers chairman called for MacLennan to be suspended from his role whilst claims for a conflict of interest and non-disclosure were probed.
MacLennan has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Independent News and Media PLC – a Dublin-based firm which is part-owned by Dermot Desmond and his long-term associate Denis O’Brien.
Desmond is the majority shareholder at Celtic, while O’Brien bought a minor stake in the club in 2006 from former boss Martin O’Neill. The pair own around 45 per cent of the shares in INM.
SportTimes reported on Wednesday that Rangers were furious with the latest developments at Hampden and wouldn’t let the matter rest as they seek answers over who knew what, and when, and a potential conflict of interest arising out of MacLennan’s appointment at a company where two influential Celtic shareholders have significant investments.
The SPFL insisted that there was no case to answer as they dismissed King’s calls but the Ibrox chief is unhappy at the way his request has been treated by the Hampden hierarchy.
King said: “I am surprised at the SPFL’s response to my request for an independent investigation into the relationship of its chairman to major shareholders in Celtic FC.
“Any organisation that has behaved properly would welcome an independent and transparent review.
SPFL board members were informed that their chairman was taking up a non-executive directorship with another business but they were not told there was a conflict of interest due to common shareholders with significant influence within that company and Celtic FC.
“We need to be told if the SPFL chairman chose not to disclose the conflict. If it transpires that he did in fact make the required disclosure then to whom did he address this and why did that person not relay this critical information to SPFL board members?
“Had the conflict been disclosed the SPFL board members could have carried out their fiduciary obligation by interrogating this conflict of interest and agreeing how the chairman would deal with it going forward.
“The existence of this conflict means that the SPFL chairman must recuse himself from much of the business of the SPFL going forward thereby rendering his present position as being not fit for purpose.
“The SPFL’s rather hurried and inadequate response merely reinforces my personal view that good governance is not a priority for the SPFL executive.
“These questions must be addressed immediately if confidence is to be restored in the SPFL executive and its chairman.”
Lots of love.
Our Dave xx