I know all the arguments about road cycling versus track cycling, which is restricted to fewer nations,

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.

When at last you cross the road to the United Nations, it is like traversing some unmarked but crucial frontier.

The story is totally irrelevant, the voting was conducted in a secret ballot under the rules of the IOC, absolutely properly, all votes were properly recorded.

If Alex is claiming that an unnamed member 'might' have done something which 'might' have brought about something else which 'might' have brought about a different voting structure, then I'm afraid that this is the kind of tittle- tattle that happens after many an IOC vote.

We are talking about a one-off Olympic football tournament for 2012 and I would hope they (the SFA) embrace the idea, and because it would help promote women's football too,