RH what I said is what I meant. If a ref, employee, member of an executive, et al is a known supporter of a club it will be drawn attention to by any other club, supporter or whomever, especially if there are conflicting issues. If a decision is made, one way or another then there is the damned if they do, damned if the dont situation eg as mentioned a home town ref 'proving' that they are not biased and getting heat from home fans or of course that the away team sees them as being home town biased. I wasnt focusing on SRFC as much as you would like to think that I was obsessing.
How individual clubs can be affected by someone whos remit is for the whole league? Well in principle that should happen, but not the way things have been in LoI or FAI over the years. I dont think it needs pointing out as you already know the M.O. of the FAI and that clubs feared sticking the head above the parapet. Fran Gavin in his role was the most often the point man rolled out. I dont think any one club was more or less harshly treated - there was a general contempt.
If it helps cool the tubes I will use a Dundalk specific possible example. Enda McGuill was elected president of LoI in the late 80's, probably an equivalent of the league director role today. The RoI senior side at that time usually stayed in the Nuremore Hotel and trained in Oriel Park, i'd be pretty sure that there was a fee for the use of Oriel Park. A number of underage internatials were also hosted. For the record I am not suggesting that Enda McGuill had any influence over this decision, I am saying that it could be insinuated IF someone had an agenda. I am not saying that Scanlon will do anything that could be deemed biased, but that he could face such accusations.
I certainly thought 'this could be interesting' and already it has, so cheers! Not by me alluding anything but by you making the assumption I was! I am a lot less machiavellian than you seem to think RH. I have thoughts on things, like yerself, and will express them, I shall debate opinions to the point of an empasse as you know. But I dont base an opinion on someones credibility, ability, impartiality in a job or judge them in advance based on their favoured football club. If i were to do that or think that everyone was anti 'my club' I'd never get through the day without being angry!
I may be critical one day but I may also be saying good job!!
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