TAFIC concedes defeat to BFA
Saturday, May 29, 2021
TAFIC had appealed the decision with the Arbitration Committee which, however, upheld the mother body ruling.
The BFA Arbitration said the BFA National Executive Committee (NEC) acted appropriately by ending the league in March in a bid to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). After the tribunal upheld the BFA NEC decision, TAFIC had an option of appealing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
“Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.”-Lord HewartHis decision was the correct one.The move neither proves guilt nor settles the serious allegations that have brought him to the doorstep of the Regional Magistrate’s Court.It does, however, recognise a basic principle of accountable government, that a minister facing criminal charges should not remain in a position that could create even...