Hearts and Partick.....

[louisxiv]

I honestly thought, and posted elsewhere on this forum, that spfl clubs would do the right thing by firstly ending the season prematurely and secondly restructuring the leagues to protect the affected clubs like Hearts and Partick. Naive maybe. They’ve fallen at the second hurdle, allowing self interest to stand in the way of fairness once again. Can’t say I blame Hearts and Thistle for being angry.

[Mark Anderson]

Absolutely spot on post

[jardi]

Absolutely spot on post

Mark and Louis, - it's nothing but a disgrace and we need many more people to lodge their disgust.

Scottish football was literally dying on its feet before the Covid-19 pandemic, can the powers that be not see that this will further damage the game?

Hearts and Partick 'angry' - if it had been either of the Old Firm the matter would have been resolved on day one, - never mind after 3 damned months.

Scottish football needs to put its hand up and say it got it wrong and start all over again.

[Francis_begbie_HFC]

Mark and Louis, - it's nothing but a disgrace and we need many more people to lodge their disgust.

Scottish football was literally dying on its feet before the Covid-19 pandemic, can the powers that be not see that this will further damage the game?

Hearts and Partick 'angry' - if it had been either of the Old Firm the matter would have been resolved on day one, - never mind after 3 damned months.

Scottish football needs to put its hand up and say it got it wrong and start all over again.

jardi theres only one way to correct scottish football and its to take away the voting privileges of the clubs ,disband the spfl and the sfa to step up and take control of the leagues ,as every club votes on self interest which very rarely sees votes progress ,then there is the tv companies which demand 4 old firm league games per season ,the clubs dont have the balls to say no to sky sports and co's cash offers and play hardball with them ,scottish football needs the sfa to step in and order league reconstruction ,two leagues of 18 with a second devision north and second devision south with 18 teams in each ,this way promoting all the lowland and highland teams plus enough space to add a few more possibly top junior teams to the mix ,thats whats needing to happen .

[jardi]

jardi theres only one way to correct scottish football and its to take away the voting privileges of the clubs ,disband the spfl and the sfa to step up and take control of the leagues ,as every club votes on self interest which very rarely sees votes progress ,then there is the tv companies which demand 4 old firm league games per season ,the clubs dont have the balls to say no to sky sports and co's cash offers and play hardball with them ,scottish football needs the sfa to step in and order league reconstruction ,two leagues of 18 with a second devision north and second devision south with 18 teams in each ,this way promoting all the lowland and highland teams plus enough space to add a few more possibly top junior teams to the mix ,thats whats needing to happen .

Francis, - you and I don't always see eye to eye, - but I like your style which is refreshing, and in many respects you have hit the nail squarely on the head - talking of which, all the clubs need to bang their heads together and get this nonsense sorted out, - because if they don't there will be no fans left to pay to watch them!

[Spikefaethesouth]

jardi theres only one way to correct scottish football and its to take away the voting privileges of the clubs ,disband the spfl and the sfa to step up and take control of the leagues ,as every club votes on self interest which very rarely sees votes progress ,then there is the tv companies which demand 4 old firm league games per season ,the clubs dont have the balls to say no to sky sports and co's cash offers and play hardball with them ,scottish football needs the sfa to step in and order league reconstruction ,two leagues of 18 with a second devision north and second devision south with 18 teams in each ,this way promoting all the lowland and highland teams plus enough space to add a few more possibly top junior teams to the mix ,thats whats needing to happen .

Too much in the way of common sense for this to get off the ground Francis. It's all about money and the more home games teams play against the Old Firm the more seasonal cash income they take in therefore the drive is to keep the SPL at 10 ensuring at least two games a season against them and anything else is a non starter as it cost them money in the long term. Same applies to any TV deal which is essential for the big boys if they want to attract a decent level of player to Scottish football. This obviously doesn't apply to the lower leagues such as the championship and restructuring is desperately needed to freshen the game in general to excite the supporters but as to what permutation that would take is still a matter of debate but the more the merrier as far as I am concerned.

[Francis_begbie_HFC]

Too much in the way of common sense for this to get off the ground Francis. It's all about money and the more home games teams play against the Old Firm the more seasonal cash income they take in therefore the drive is to keep the SPL at 10 ensuring at least two games a season against them and anything else is a non starter as it cost them money in the long term. Same applies to any TV deal which is essential for the big boys if they want to attract a decent level of player to Scottish football. This obviously doesn't apply to the lower leagues such as the championship and restructuring is desperately needed to freshen the game in general to excite the supporters but as to what permutation that would take is still a matter of debate but the more the merrier as far as I am concerned.

yep spike scottish football is going to go pop like a balloon in the near future unless theres some give and less take ,there is another way to possibly go to stop clubs relying heavily on sky ,thay could restructure tthe leagues, leagues of 18 sell rights to multiple tv companies ,foreign and domestic companies effectively rebranding scottish football to a global level and taking away the clubs cash fears on reconstruction .surely we can get cash offers to screen games from more than sky who demand 4 old firm league matches .

[jardi]

yep spike scottish football is going to go pop like a balloon in the near future unless theres some give and less take ,there is another way to possibly go to stop clubs relying heavily on sky ,thay could restructure tthe leagues, leagues of 18 sell rights to multiple tv companies ,foreign and domestic companies effectively rebranding scottish football to a global level and taking away the clubs cash fears on reconstruction .surely we can get cash offers to screen games from more than sky who demand 4 old firm league matches .

Good God Francis, - I'm really beginning to agree with you over this.

Not sure that we can get foreign TV companies on board, - but Scottish football is going to pop unless we work together.

Despite Sky's dominance thy still could be our saviour?

Without sounding like a 'bleating heart', we need to reinvent ourselves in Scotland and work harder to promote 'grass roots' and do more for the local communities.

I know I'm preaching to a brick wall, - but if young Rashford can persuade old Boris to change his tune the timing is right for a complete change of tune.