Lets be honest the current SPL set up is pretty poor.
You don't know how many home games you are paying for when buying a season ticket no mater which half of the table you end up in.
Theres also a huge unfair advantage on who you play home and away, especially prior to the split.
There is enough quality in the 1st division to let another two in to the SPL,I would imagine over half of the 1st division meets the SPL criteria by now.
The split is not ideal but if the league is split, then the it should also be FAIR.
In a 14 team SPL the clubs could all play each other twice(26 games, 13 home games) then split into a top 6 and bottom 8.
The top 6 then play (10 games, 5h and 5a games, 36 in total) which is 2 games less than present but if you are in the top six after playing 26 games then you are there on merit and will more than likely still be involved in the Scottish cup anyway,This will also ease the pressure on Scottish clubs in European cups, if they are still involved.This season our 26th game would be on the 21st February.
The bottom 8 would play (14 games, 7h and 7a games, 40 in total) currently two more games than now which would increase revenue for having a lower gate attendance playing smaller teams and could be played on the Scottish cup semi final day+ a Wednesday on 2 midweek games if still involved in the cup.
Then your season ticket will allow you to see all the teams at home and either watch another 5 top teams at home depending on form, or watch 7 home matches against the bottom teams.
Top six clubs may complain of a lack of revenue at the gate but really its just a lottery as to how many home games your going to have anyway, so its up to them to supplement it with a good cup run.
An SPL split is not ideal but at least with 14 teams this would be fair.
A 14 team SPL.
Lets be honest the current SPL set up is pretty poor.
You don't know how many home games you are paying for when buying a season ticket no mater which half of the table you end up in.
Theres also a huge unfair advantage on who you play home and away, especially prior to the split.
There is enough quality in the 1st division to let another two in to the SPL,I would imagine over half of the 1st division meets the SPL criteria by now.
The split is not ideal but if the league is split, then the it should also be FAIR.
In a 14 team SPL the clubs could all play each other twice(26 games, 13 home games) then split into a top 6 and bottom 8.
The top 6 then play (10 games, 5h and 5a games, 36 in total) which is 2 games less than present but if you are in the top six after playing 26 games then you are there on merit and will more than likely still be involved in the Scottish cup anyway,This will also ease the pressure on Scottish clubs in European cups, if they are still involved.This season our 26th game would be on the 21st February.
The bottom 8 would play (14 games, 7h and 7a games, 40 in total) currently two more games than now which would increase revenue for having a lower gate attendance playing smaller teams and could be played on the Scottish cup semi final day+ a Wednesday on 2 midweek games if still involved in the cup.
Then your season ticket will allow you to see all the teams at home and either watch another 5 top teams at home depending on form, or watch 7 home matches against the bottom teams.
Top six clubs may complain of a lack of revenue at the gate but really its just a lottery as to how many home games your going to have anyway, so its up to them to supplement it with a good cup run.
An SPL split is not ideal but at least with 14 teams this would be fair.