I agree with everything said previously, even though that's contradictory.
If true that the big league isn't financially viable, then the question has to be why? It can't just be asserted and left at that. 'You all want it, but you can't have it, and you don't deserve a detailed reason for that."
I'd suspect it's almost exclusively down to the reduced number of OF games (our governing body and media investors operating solely on the assumption that a hypothetical future scenario whereby a pseudo rangers team exists in the top flight is as much an indication of why our game is goin to rack and ruin under the authority of these people as anything else). If that's the case then why not have the bigger league and also recreate the regional cup competitions? For the Glasgow Cup specifically you could have a small league format with home and away games. That'd give broadcasters their minimum 4 OF games (it'd give them 2 straight away without der hun even being in the top flight).
I can't see a problem with that personally. Would also think other parts of tge country would benefit from a local tournament with a bit of top-flight kudos to it. Whether as stand alone events in addition to the league cup, or as a series of regional cups that ultimately feed into a national last 8 or last 4 to compete for a the third national title. It'd still be behind league and scottish cup in terms of prestige, but a new format focussing on local rivalries and guaranteeing proper derby games would be quite fun imo.
[this might be dragging the thread towards a need to merge with the main reconstruction thread btw mods...]