jul 3, 2012 - Alex Thompson, Channel 4 journalist, publishes
an article setting out conflicts of interest at the
heart of Scottish football governance:
- Campbell Ogilvie involved in EBT
establishment and remained president of SFA
- Campbell Ogilvie held 3,505 Rangers shares
whilst in senior management at Hearts
- Jim Ballantyne, had 568 Rangers
shares in 2008 when chairman of Airdrie
- Donald Finlay held 9,900 Rangers shares
whilst Chairman of Cowdenbeath FC
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Alex Thomson questioning about the potential conflict of interest of being the chairman of one club, owning shares in another and being the president of a league, the following exchange took place:
Jim Ballantyne said everything had been declared to the boards, and in any case the share numbers are absolutely miniscule. He said:
“I see no problem here at all” and “I cleared everything with the boards” and “You are talking about the tiny fragment of one percent of ownership and this involves absolutely no influence whatsoever”.
We say that may well be true, but would it not be sensible to divest all shares in any other club when running a different one, let alone the SFL itself, just in order to avoid any perceived conflict of interest?
“No – not at all. It’s never been raised at any board meeting,” said Mr Ballantyne.
“Well, I’m raising it now’ I said.
“Well, you’re not in football,” he replied.
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