It's not perfect but it's a step in the right direction which is what I believe is the intention. The mood is right so they are taking action but the reconstruction debate will continue and I'd hope to see well planned set-up being rolled out in a few more years. One consideration most people don't have is the impact this will have on the lower leagues. A bigger SPL will pull clubs up through the lower leagues and to maintain the four league structure an 18 or 16 team league would give SFL3 6 or 4 new teams to find. Do they really need another 6 Elgin Citys or Annans? These teams we successful in the leagues they came from but just can't cut it in the league system.
Two leagues of 18 with no split, three up, three down no play offs unless a tie to decide placings on league. We lose 6 teams but open the league up to the champions of Highland, Southern and Eastern leagues. Again 3 up (1 from each) and 3 down (bottom placed).
How football used to be (well ok there were 20 teams in the league)