Football pays heavy price for FAI gagging orders

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Originally Posted by geysir

I focus on this because I wonder what would the situation be in the FAI and with Delaney's imperial status if guys like Cox refused to be paid off to be uninvolved. Most of the ire expressed here is against Delaney. I wonder about the guys with votes who for whatever reason keep their mouths shut, their pockets full and raise the green card for the CEO and his fine tuning of the constitution. Surely Delaney would go ape after paying off Cox with FAI resources to go away to find he returned and could probably be raising a red card.

Interesting point, however in respect of raising a 'green' or 'red' card (in a vote situation - for example, if a vote of no confidence in the CEO of the FAI was called for) as a delegate of BW to the AGM, Cox would be voting in accordance with how he had been mandated by the club to vote and not in accordance with his personal feelings,After all, if a vote of no confidence in JD was called for he would hardly be able to report back to BW that he voted in favour of the motion 'because JD was part of the crowd that shafted me a few years ago' if BW had mandated him to vote aginst the motion. Delegates nominated by clubs to AGM's are accountable to those clubs for their actions at AGM's and are treading dangerous ground if they use such occasions to carry out personal vendettas.

Football pays heavy price for FAI gagging orders - Sunday Times