Rio tickets scandal set to run and run

Michael Clifford says with the Brazilian ‘cast the net wide’ process and the limited Irish probe, it will be a while before we have answers.

FIRST Pat Hickey, then John Delaney. For those who like to see controversial sports administrators under the spotlight, this has been an unrivalled week or so.

Both men — certainly until recent days — bestrode their respective domains with unrivalled power. Both were magnets for controversy, yet had sufficient support within their organisations to keep on keepin’ on where others might have fallen or retreated.