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rules in the past. Suggesting that maybe some people weren’t fully aware of the rules.
Well if they weren’t aware of the rules, the PFA haven’t done their job strongly enough because they damn well should do.
He spoke about having adult discussions over the situation.
What’s adult is for his members not to act like children nicking sweets out of the jar, thinking they can get away with it.
If, as is being suggested, betting is rife within the Scottish game at the moment, Wishart and his team need to get out there again and drive the message home to players that it’s not acceptable.
They have gone out and put the message across before. I’m aware of that. But if betting is still rife then whatever they did hasn’t worked for some people in the game.
As I said, I’m sympathetic to lads having a problem. I know gambling is an addiction for some. I’m not playing that down, these guys need help.
What they don’t need is to be molly-coddled and wriggled off the hook by some amnesty.
If you murder someone and the evidence doesn’t come to light until five years down the line, you don’t get away with it because it happened a while ago.
Like I said, I think the rules could definitely do with tweaking and adjusting.
But while they are in place I’m afraid you simply cannot make excuses or have amnesties for those who break them.