Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
If the bosses at the SPFL had half a brain they could award the sum paid to the bottom club in each league to every club in that league and then pay the extra sum due after the leagues are played to a finish. The team that finishes bottom of each division would receive no further payment. The money is sitting in the SPFL’s bank account so there is no problem operating this system as a ‘one off’.
If the intention was fairness, integrity and a concern for all clubs they would do that. And there’s precedence, with one of the bad winters they did exactly that.

The money is being used as a tool to get exactly what Doncaster and Lawell decided was the plan.