Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
GERS FURY AT ‘BBC TRIALS’
STEWART ROBERTSON fears Rangers are being victimised by SFA compliance officer Clare Whyte because she is being influenced by Sportscene highlights.
The Light Blues have had a long-running dispute with the BBC and chief executive Robertson insists they continue to refuse to send a reporter to Ibrox for interviews.
Robertson (above) is now concerned that feud is leading to his club getting a raw deal as he called for an overhaul of the disciplinary process.
The Gers chief claimed Alfredo Morelos was unfairly singled out when a hat-trick of incidents were highlighted follwing the Old Firm derby in December.
Speaking on Rangers TV, he said: “I’ve heard this expression ‘trial by TV, trial by Sportscene’ and that certainly seems to be the way it’s going.
“We understand complaints come in from all sorts of avenues but the correlation between what’s shown on the television at the weekend and what’s then reviewed on the Monday and the notice of complaints is very high.
“We have obviously had our own issues with BBC. The BBC have refused to attend Ibrox since November 2015.
“If they are treating us differently in that respect are there other areas where they are also treating Rangers differently in terms of the incidents we’re seeing highlighted?
“You only have to look at the Alfredo Morelos incident after the Old Firm game where they seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time examining Alfredo’s actions but no time at all on other actions from that game.”