For it or against it?

 

Personally I would be for it, if I didn't think it was possibly being designed for the benefit of just one club that play in blue. Rumours flying around all over the place this morning that league reconstruction is very much on the cards. After yesterdays debacle over the playoff's, Keith Jackson tweeted :

 

"If you think the SPFL is the eye of a shit-storm tonight then just wait till you see what else is brewing! Tomorrow should be interesting".

 

Could mean anything of course, but by the SPFL standards and the ever dwindling integrity of Doncaster and Regan, it could be interpreted as meaning league reconstruction.

 

So what would you like to see happen and do you think regardless of it being used to help the huns, would it be beneficial to the game...

 

The jury is still out for me on this one. 

2 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

The other option to making a more competitive league would be to have a compulsory amount of Scottish players in the starting line up.  If you stated that six players in each side had to be Scottish, you would instantly cut the gap between the top two clubs and the rest.  Of course it will never happen.

You make some good points, but I disagree with this one. What would happen is that the old firm would buy up all the decent Scottish talent and sign anyone half decent on pre-contracts. They already do to some extent (see Conner Barron, Lyall Cameron etc). The only thing this would do is force teams like ourselves to blood young players whether they are ready or not actually weakening us. Add to this the real problem that most Scottish teams are having retaining there best youngsters due to clubs down south poaching them and I could only see this widening the gap between us and the old firm. 

46 minutes ago, DantheDon said:

You make some good points, but I disagree with this one. What would happen is that the old firm would buy up all the decent Scottish talent and sign anyone half decent on pre-contracts. They already do to some extent (see Conner Barron, Lyall Cameron etc). The only thing this would do is force teams like ourselves to blood young players whether they are ready or not actually weakening us. Add to this the real problem that most Scottish teams are having retaining there best youngsters due to clubs down south poaching them and I could only see this widening the gap between us and the old firm. 

I see the abolition of the three foreigner rule as the point at which our league started to become ridiculously uncompetitive as far as the title is concerned.  Historically the old firm always bought up the best players from the other scottish clubs and that will always happen, Dundee are never going to be able to hold onto a player that Rangers want to sign but the gap between the glasgow clubs and the rest was never un-bridgeable like it is now.  

2 hours ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

I see the abolition of the three foreigner rule as the point at which our league started to become ridiculously uncompetitive as far as the title is concerned.  Historically the old firm always bought up the best players from the other scottish clubs and that will always happen, Dundee are never going to be able to hold onto a player that Rangers want to sign but the gap between the glasgow clubs and the rest was never un-bridgeable like it is now.  

I mean, that had something to do with it, but the £20+ million windfall for entry into Europe was certainly more significant. The wage bill went from being twice as big, to between 6 and 8 times as big. Although I liked the three foreigner rule, and would be happy for it to return.

18 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

I mean, that had something to do with it, but the £20+ million windfall for entry into Europe was certainly more significant. The wage bill went from being twice as big, to between 6 and 8 times as big. Although I liked the three foreigner rule, and would be happy for it to return.

That’s right but if you have to have at least half your team as Scottish, there is effectively a limit as to how much of your cash you can spend. In the same kind of way as with Newcastle, they are the richest club in the world but they ain’t allowed to just buy up anyone they want to.

 

My Sunday morning tradition here in NZ is to watch Goal Rush on Sky. It's one of the previous day's 3pm games from either English Premier or the FA Cup. It has in-game updates from all the other 3pm Premier games. 

I wish the Scottish Premiership had this. Currently, there is zero way of watching Scottish Premiership games in NZ unless I VPN-it. Instead I'm reduced to 3 minute shit highlights on YouTube that have no commentary and no on-screen scoreline. What an absolutely honkingly shit product our top league is!

It's even more difficult when the games are from either of the cups 

14 hours ago, Reekie_Red said:

My Sunday morning tradition here in NZ is to watch Goal Rush on Sky. It's one of the previous day's 3pm games from either English Premier or the FA Cup. It has in-game updates from all the other 3pm Premier games. 

I wish the Scottish Premiership had this. Currently, there is zero way of watching Scottish Premiership games in NZ unless I VPN-it. Instead I'm reduced to 3 minute shit highlights on YouTube that have no commentary and no on-screen scoreline. What an absolutely honkingly shit product our top league is!

It's even more difficult when the games are from either of the cups 

Thought Bein started having it on regularly? I'm genuinely thinking of getting a firestick to watch stuff, just not sure we'd get RedTV over here.

Yep, my pal has just bought a firestick and it's now "with a guy" (nudge wink). Keen to see what quality is like, as I may follow that path. I can't be done with SPFL's continually suboptimal pisspoor efforts on YouTube anymore. 

Second half highlights of the County vs Dons game was literally one cross. 

7 hours ago, Reekie_Red said:

Yep, my pal has just bought a firestick and it's now "with a guy" (nudge wink). Keen to see what quality is like, as I may follow that path. I can't be done with SPFL's continually suboptimal pisspoor efforts on YouTube anymore. 

Second half highlights of the County vs Dons game was literally one cross. 

No that was pretty much it. 

I did a very brief search but couldn't see a similar discussion

Before any ball has been kicked, we all know either Celtic or Rangers will win the Scottisb Premier League in its current format. How fkn boring. 

How does Scotland change things up to attract better sponsorship, more supporters, a more exciting league and, ultimately a more encouraging development ground for Scottish players ?

Would a League Round + Champions Play-off Round be more enjoyable, where maybe the Top 6 get to play off against each other (1st vs 6th, 2nd vs 5th, 3rd vs 4th) in a knock-out cup-style format ? 

 

It works in other football leagues, and other sports such as Rugby League and Rugby Union, and ensures there is a genuine chance of different champions every year