article_snippet.sent: the judicial panel hearing yesterday considered that as the incident (but not the actual alleged sending-off offence of handball) had been seen by one or more of the officials it was not entitled to consider the matter further.
article_snippet.sent: The SFA accordingly dismissed the complaint without any consideration of the merits of the incident ( or the decision arrived at by the referee.' the decision arrived at by the referee could effectively blunt The SFA's powers to bring retrospective cases against players, unless an incident has been completely missed by all match officials.
article_snippet.sent: Players have previously been cited for diving to win penalties.
article_snippet.sent: The rule states that the compliance officer can bring cases for alleged sending-off offences 'not seen by match officials'.
article_snippet.sent: The Meekings case was brought because referee Steven McLean and Steven McLean team had not seen the ball hit the defender's hand.
article_snippet.sent: Fraser Wishart said: 'I think you have seen this week from the reaction of players across the country, players have no problem with video evidence being used for incidents that genuinely haven't been seen by the referee. '
article_snippet.sent: Maybe a punch behind the referee's back and fly kick when the ball is away. '
article_snippet.sent: But we think, if The rule has been extended, then The rule is now erring into re-refereeing a game on a Monday. '
article_snippet.sent: That's not the purpose of video evidence.
article_snippet.sent: That's why the English FA and FIFA and UEFA steer away from that.
article_snippet.sent: the referee could see the incident on Sunday, the referee just didn't see the handball.'
highlights_snippet.sent: The 22-year-old was offered one-game suspension following incident .
  