Nicola Sturgeon admits she's been left "furious" after eight Aberdeen players breached bubble rules, and says the whole episode should come as a stark warning to the rest of Scottish football.
Two Dons players tested positive for coronavirus while six others have been forced to self-isolate for two weeks after visiting a pub in Aberdeen's city centre which was linked to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Their match against St Johnstone this weekend has been called off as a result.
Under football guidance players are ordered to follow certain rules in order to protect the sporting bubble.
However this breach should come as a warning to the whole of Scottish football, according to the First Minister, and if the rules are broken again she says "all bets are off".
Sturgeon said: "When we're talking about what happened in Aberdeen, which is football players going to a bar, I don't think there should be any dubiety about that. We are trying to protect sporting bubbles, so footballers behaving in that way not only risk compromising the sporting bubble clubs are trying to protect.
"But footballers in a city centre bar also poses the risk of attracting crowds and attracting other people. So in any way you want to look at this, I'm sorry to be blunt here, that was not responsible behaviour.
"Let's take this opportunity to underline the really important obligation that rests on football players but also rests on clubs to ensure that their players know what the guidance is and are complying. That's really important.
"There was huge enthusiasm. We know how important football is to the country to get matches back again. Clubs want that, fans want that, players want that, I want that to continue.
"But if we don't have the guidance which underpins that agreement being adhered to it is at risk. I have to be blunt in saying that. Hopefully this will be a lesson that is learned by everyone."
She added: "I'm trying to be diplomatic here. I am pretty furious about this situation because it shouldn't have happened. But on the upside let's take the opportunity to underline the importance of this.
"The decision to allow competitive sport to get up and running again wasn't one we took lightly. There are lots of reasons why it was something we were nervous about.
"But we got to the point of giving it the go-ahead because a lot of work went into agreeing the guidance which underpins it. So it was very much conditional on that.
"If that guidance is not going to be adhered to then all bets are off."
