Rangers deny rule breach over Brown's 'corrupt' comment

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Rangers accidental they "firmly contradict immoderate breach of Scottish FA rules" aft the club's erstwhile defender, John Brown, called a refereeing determination "corrupt" connected Rangers TV.

The SFA has confirmed to BBC Scotland that a announcement of ailment has been issued to the Scottish Premiership runners-up regarding the incidental connected 17 May.

In the last lucifer of Rangers' league season, they felt they should person been awarded a extremity erstwhile Nicolas Raskin appeared to bundle the shot implicit the line.

Referee Nick Walsh and his on-field officials thought the shot had been kept retired by Hibernian defender Rocky Bushiri and VAR Andrew Dallas ruled that determination was nary camera space that proved Raskin's effort had gone in.

Hibs equalised done Kieron Bowie moments later, with the lucifer finishing 2-2.

Brown said connected the club's in-house TV channel: "I would accidental it is corrupt."

Commentator Tom Miller replied: "Well, I'm not definite we tin really accidental that." However, Brown added: "Well, I americium saying it."

Rangers subsequently demanded the instauration of goal-line technology.

The Glasgow nine accidental they are "surprised" by the complaint implicit Brown's comments and they volition "continue to situation immoderate enactment we see to beryllium unfair oregon disproportionate".

The SFA regularisation states: "A nine oregon recognised shot assemblage which publishes, distributes, issues, sells oregon authorises a 3rd enactment to publish, distribute, contented oregon merchantability a lucifer programme oregon immoderate different work oregon audio/visual worldly of immoderate statement successful immoderate media present existing oregon hereinafter invented, including but not constricted to the Internet, societal networking oregon micro-blogging sites, shall guarantee that immoderate specified publications oregon audio/visual worldly does not incorporate immoderate disapproval of immoderate lucifer authoritative calculated to bespeak bias oregon incompetence connected the portion of specified lucifer authoritative oregon to impinge upon his character."

Rangers enactment that 4 retired of 5 members of the SFA's Key Match Incident Panel deemed the determination to beryllium incorrect, adding that they person "serious concerns astir the Scottish FA's selective enforcement and inconsistency".

"That uncovering helps explicate the quality of a spontaneous affectional comment, delivered during a highly charged infinitesimal and instantly challenged unrecorded connected air," Rangers add.

"We person highlighted aggregate examples of akin oregon stronger remarks made elsewhere successful Scottish shot that person led to nary charges oregon sanctions.

"While we stay committed to maintaining precocious standards, we volition proceed to situation immoderate enactment we see to beryllium unfair oregon disproportionate."

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