Kilmarnock's players are embroiled in a dispute with the club over a code of conduct which one squad member has told Press Association Sport is "unacceptable."
The prelude to Killie's 2-0 home defeat to Dundee United was the revelation that the players had met with union representatives about the club wanting them to sign a document which could lead to severe financial reprisals for yellow and red cards.
Press Association Sport spoke to one player who felt that the intended fines of £500 were "unacceptable, some players don't get much more than that as a weekly wage."
After watching Damian Casalinuovo's double give United victory, Kilmarnock boss Jim Jefferies said: "The players are not unhappy.
"They understand that at any football club there does have to be a system for dissent or reckless challenges, quite rightly, because the club got fined last year and a lot of the bookings were for those reasons.
"That is standard practise at any football club but because there are one or two things in there - which I am not prepared to disclose - that they are not happy about, they are not prepared to sign so we are waiting to see what the union says. I wasn't privy to that meeting so I don't know what was discussed but we will wait and see what comes of it."
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An indication that Kilmarnock at least recognise that 'stupid' cards are a blight on the game. Simulation, dissent, petulence, aggravation, persistent fouling, stupid celebrations, and general thuggery are not 'part and parcel' of the game as suggested by #2, that's a wee bit like saying, penalty points and bans are part and parcel of driving. Clubs are fined, and pretty heavily sometimes, for the indiscipline of the players, it's about time the players accepted the responisibility for their own stupidity.
The Killie players have always revolted me
Getting booked is part and parcel of the game. Dig your heels in Killie players. Sign nothing.
tell the club to sell more pies at aldi if not tell the players to tell club to stuff it
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