Proposal seems to be 16 club top league. So how would that work? 60 games per season....No. Playing each other 3 times......45 games.........sounds difficult. Would mean that clubs home and away would only equalise over two seasons. Which clubs do you think we would be playing twice away in the first season that SEVCO, if they are still in existence, return and who would they play twice at home???? Would the SPL clubs actually vote to play Celtic only three times instead of four and the reduced income that would bring? Will the current Div 2 and Div 1 clubs forego the income from playing SEVCO twice? Ok They get our reserves into their league, but we would very quickly be into Div 1 and so the lower clubs lose out, also how big an attendance would they get?? Not sue this would work, nor that SPL clubs will vote for Xmas, albeit that the top 5 or 6 could assume they will never drop out the top league, but would they drop out for long under the present set up?
The good news is the B team proposal. I would absolutely advocate that we continue with the next gen stuff but a 'colts' team in the lower divisions would be great for the development of our players.
Agree, but do we need reconstruction of all levels to bring that about. Got a feeling that if we agree and this goes ahead, then we will deeply regret it within a few years. This is not being done for the benefit of Scottish football. No reconstruction can get rid of £11m pounds worth of debt. This is all to bring SEVCO back to its rightful position at the top of Scottish football and at our expense and to perennially permit them access to the CL honey pot. We will be a turkey voting for xmas
I don't really know. Sevco have said they won't play in the SPL whatever format it takes. I wouldn't stand in the way of progress just to hinder Sevco. So long as that progress isn't to give them a boost. I'd need to be sold on it.
I would agree with Albatross`s belief that this is all about sevco. As for Green, and not playing in the SPL, his get out clause will be "I will listen to what the fans want". That is if he is still there.
Thought about that Eric, but finance suggests this would not be a goer. Aberdeen, Hibs etc would not vote in favour of reducing the number of times they face Celtic. Playing each other twice would also influence the TV deal. Wonder how Sky would view fewer Celtic v Aberdeen, Hibs, DU etc. Would not imagine they would view it favourably.
I would agree too but is that enough of a reason to dismiss it?if there are benefits to the game as a whole, lets explore it. Would anyone be up for a 30 game regular season with a possible five game post season leading to a grand final? As for sevco joining the SPL, well if they last that long then they will have to make that decision and it isn't just about going somewhere "that doesn't want us". That was bullshit, it was about going somewhere that isn't playing the "same club" charade.
Do Uefa not have some sort of requirement for Member Associations top league having no less than X amount of rounds played? I could be talking complete ****e, but im sure i heard/read somewhere that the SPL would have to play at least 34 games per club in order to maintain its Uefa requirements for entry in to the European competitions.
With a 16 team league all teams would play each other twice = 30 games each. Then the league would split into a top 8 and a bottom 8 who would then play each other twice more = 14 games. 40 Game season. It has been proposed before, it's an old format but I would not be against it personally if only because we won't have the ridiculous situation where some teams get 3 home/away games vs another team.
that makes 44. Too many imo. What is the format for the leagues below? Has to be a greater movement between the juniors and the league set up.
<Devsbasicarithmeticshambles> 16-10-18 What scotland needs is a 16-10-18 league system. Every league should have completely different rules. Ideally run by 3 separate associations.
Its funny how removing one Celtic game affects other clubs. Where as removing 3 or 4 rangers games, never hurt at all.
League 2 - 10 teams Top 1 Middle 8 Bottom 1 Top gets relegated, bottom goes into CL. League 3 - 18 teams Top 17 Bottom 1 Bottom is "relegated" to EPL. Top 17 play each other home and away 8 times. Winner goes up to top league, missing out middle. We got it sussed Pud
