Tommy Wright is concerned the SFA have set a dangerous precedent with their compliance officer’s retrospective action against Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Josh Meekings.
Issuing bans on the back of hand-balls not spotted by match-day officials is not something the St Johnstone boss is comfortable with.
“It is a worrying development that the compliance officer has got involved in this,” Wright pointed out.
“The perception from a lot of people is that it’s a reaction to the outcry from Celtic, although the SFA will say otherwise.
“Celtic were wronged. It was the wrong decision but the perception is that this is maybe only being done because they wrote a letter.
“That’s what people think. It’s probably not true but that’s what people think.”
He added: “The system is good and bad, like everything. Violent conduct, simulation, things we want to eradicate from the game….that’s where it serves its purpose.
“You can’t replay the game. Where does it stop? Does it go back to free-kicks that weren’t given that teams score from?
“Calum Murray on Wednesday night probably gave Celtic too much of an advantage, then pulled it back. They then scored? Do we say that decision is wrong?
“If we are going to go down the line of handballs, they will need to employ another compliance officer. He will be so busy.
“You would need loads more if that was the case.
“Anybody can report it. A fan could see a handball from 60 yards away that the referee missed and the compliance officer would have to look at it.
“Go back in history to Maradona and Thierry Henry handling the ball deliberately. You can’t tell me that Josh Meekings handled it deliberately.
“He went for the ball and his hand is out. That’s not an unnatural position. For balance, his hand would be out.”