Seeing this really makes me wonder why the SPFL doesn't have regionalised youth leagues for every SPFL club, like ours would be us, C*unty, Aberdeen, Elgin, Peterhead, and Cove. If anything, it cuts back MASSIVELY on transport costs, no weekly trips down to the central belt. Dumps the development league more or less entirely, and the winners of each regionalised league goes into a round robin tournament for the development league title, and gives everyone a fair chance to go for the overall title.
Leagues would be as such;
Highland: Us, C*unty, Elgin, Aberdeen, Peterhead, Cove, Brechin*.
Glasgow: Rangers, Celtic, Partick, Queens Park, St Mirren, Hamilton, Motherwell.
Edinburgh: Hearts, Hibs, Edinburgh City, Dunfermline, Raith, Cowdenbeath, Livi.
Perth: St Johnstone, Dundee, Dundee United, Forfar, Arbroath, Montrose, East Fife.
Kincardine: Stirling Albion, Falkirk, Airdrie, Clyde, Alloa, Albion, Stenny.
Galloway: Morton, Stranraer, Dumbarton, QOTS, Ayr, Annan, Killie.
*Brechin only in Highland section to keep the leagues as even as possible.