A Son of the Rock

Gordon McDougall, chairman of Livingston Football Club, which was recently demoted two divisions for breaking insolvency rules, has complained that Brown McMaster, the Scottish Football League’s president, should resign as he is also in breach of SFL rules: to wit, he has a financial interest in two League clubs.

The rights and wrongs of this are not the subject of this post. What is, is the fact that McDougall says in the BBC clip (which I first saw on Reporting Scotland) that McMaster was “flaunting” the rules.

So, here is the image:-

Brown McMaster stands in front of the cameras with the rules held in his hand and says, “Here’s the rules. Get your rules here,” like the best street hawker.

Flaunt:- v. t. – To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.

Flout:- v. t. – To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

Do you think Mr McDougall might, just perhaps, actually have meant “flout” the rules?