The Bairns were on the counter attack against the Light Blues as Calvin Miller burst forward while in his own half.
The Brentford loanee halted the winger’s progress as he looked set to have a clear run at Jack But land – despite James Tavernier and Nicolas Raskin being in the VAR camera’s line of vision.
The man in the middle Don Robertson, opted to book Meghoma and was backed up by Andrew Dallas in the VAR room before Rangers ran out the 6-3 winner.
But Conroy reckons a new precedent for the DOGSO (Denial of a Goalscoring Opportunity) rule was set for officials last week.
Hearts’ man Marc Leonard was sent off for a cynical pull on Robbie Muirhead near the halfway line to prevent the striker breaking clear.
Conroy said: “I think first off, DOGSO is an absolute shambles and it’s a shambles of SFA’s own making. They have tried to make themselves look so clever that they have got themselves wrapped up in all sorts of nonsense, and God knows where it ends.
“We were on here discussing, I think it was Aberdeen, that someone had got a red card for DOGSO on the halfway line; they topped that with Hearts and Livingston.
“This one is even worse, we have raised the farcical bar already. In no sane world would it have been a red card [for Leonard] last week, the same as this one [Meghoma].
“In no sane world could anybody possibly give that as a red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity. For a DOGSO, the next kick is a goal – that is what a DOGSO is.
“Aye, alright Jack Butland is off his line but we are not going to see a Kenny McLean in this one. But, under no circumstances could that ever be considered a DOGSO, and it’s spectacular that we are even considering discussing it as such.
“But, with the precedent that the SFA has set last week by saying that [Leonard] was a goalscoring opportunity, this one is as well.
“It’s utterly farcical that you can consider that. It’s a nonsense, and the SFA have done that through their own pigheaded-ness. Where next? A DOGSO on the edge of the other box?”
