SPL to create a second division

[gazzar]

This looks like a waste of time to me. :confused:

They should have made the SPL bigger and got rid of that stupid split


The Scottish Premier League has approved the creation of a second division, with invitations going out to 10 Scottish Football League clubs. SPL chairman Lex Gold described the move as "seismic" and said the restructuring would be good for top-flight football in Scotland.
A meeting of the present 12 SPL clubs also approved the introduction of a new cup tournament restricted member clubs.
It is hoped to have the new arrangement up and running for season 2008-09.
The new two divisions will allow for promotion and relegation, with one club going up and one down each season.
Initiations will now be sent out to 10 clubs from the Scottish Football League.
Any club wishing to leave the SFL must serve two years notice, unless 20 of the 30 clubs that make up Divisions One, Two and Three support the change.
Those behind the proposal hope the development will generate new income streams, television deals and increase marketing opportunities.
At present, the three Scottish Football Leagues below the SPL are without a sponsor and do not have regular television coverage.
One First Division club owner told BBC Sport that a major international gaming company was lined up to sponsor both the current SPL and the new SPL Two.
And Livingston chairman Pearce Flynn told BBC Sportsound that, last May, nine First Division clubs had agreed to support the development of a new league under the SPL umbrella.


SOURCE http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/4796207.stm

[cityblues]

This looks like a waste of time to me. :confused:

They should have made the SPL bigger and got rid of that stupid split



SOURCE http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/4796207.stm



All it really does is change the name from division one to SPL2 it seems.

[narduch]

Will it be called the 'Championship' :D

[Dogme]

They should try making the SPL more interesting and competitive first! Howabout having Celtic and Rangers in a league of their own, and they could play each other 40 times each year :D

[gazzar]

I cant see a lot of the smaller clubs meeting the Criteria for the 3,000 all-seater stadium

The new "SPL Two" would:

Retain the present one-up, one-down system from the SPL to the First Division.
Replace the club finishing tenth in the new second division with the top side in the surviving SFL league below.
Force the ninth-placed team into a play-off against a side missing out on automatic promotion.
Restrict entry to clubs with a 3,000 all-seater stadium and a pitch protection scheme. (Criteria, such as a minimum of 6,000 seats, for entry to the SPL is retained).
Require clubs to play in reserve and under-19 league.
Require clubs to have an approved youth development programme.
Require clubs to have audited accounts to be lodged with the league each year.
Require clubs to "demonstrate current best practice in corporate governance"

[Nelly]

It's all a load of crap........there just isn't that many people interested.There are far too many clubs in Scotland with 'senior' status that have a say in the running of the game when,in fact,they are nothing more than local amateur sides.

There are a few big time clubs who've fell away to fuck,like Dundee,Hamilton,Airdrie,Morton even St.Johnstone but they are in terrible shape.