RICHARD Leonard, the Labour MSP for Central Scotland, yesterday branded the treatment of young players by Scotland's leading clubs "exploitative" and submitted a motion at Holyrood calling for a debate on the establishment of an independent regulator for the game in this country.
The move follows the refusal by the elite clubs in the Club Academy Scotland (CAS) system to scrap the use of multi-year registrations for children under the age of 16 which campaigners claim violate United Nations human rights guidelines.
