Financial distribution model for Scottish league reconstruction - STV

[BlueMazza 0]

Outcome

The winners of Game C and D are awarded a place in the Championship (second tier) for the forthcoming season.

The winners of Game C and D are awarded a place in the National League (third tier) for the forthcoming season.

 

Say what now?

[stewarty 1,877]

I can't make sense of it either.

[Darthter 542]

The new sponsors should be the Crystal Maze.

 

was thinking more Krypton Factor....

[the gunslinger 3,366]

As many as four teams could win promotion into the second tier of Scottish football each season under league reconstruction plans.

The joint SPL and SFL proposal for a 12-12-18 structure, which splits into mini-divisions after two rounds of games, will also include a play-off system between the second phase “Championship Eight” and the National League, the proposed third tier.

The eight bottom clubs in the Championship after 22 matches will go into the Championship Eight, playing each other home and away to complete 36 games across the season.

The two teams finishing bottom of the Championship Eight will automatically be relegated to the National League, replaced by the two sides finishing top of the third tier.

A play-off system between the two leagues will then come into effect and will include the teams finishing in positions three to six in the National League, as well as the sides ending the season fifth and sixth in the Championship Eight.

The end-of-season competition would work in two parts. Firstly, the four clubs in the play-off spots in the National League would play against each other, with third playing sixth and fourth playing fifth.

The winners of those two ties would then go on to take on the two clubs from the Championship Eight, with the winners of those final ties taking up a place in the next season’s Championship.

Play-offs stage one

Game A: National League Third Place v National League Sixth Place Game B: National League Fourth Place v National League Fifth Place

Play-offs stage two

Game C: Winner of Game A v “Championship Eight” Sixth Place Game D: Winner of Game B v “Championship Eight” Fifth Place

Outcome

The winners of Game C and D are awarded a place in the Championship (second tier) for the forthcoming season.

The winners of Game C and D are awarded a place in the National League (third tier) for the forthcoming season.

 

or no team could ever be promoted again.

[GovanAllan 0]

Read that 4 times and my head is about to explode.

[UCF2008 0]

Surely for sporting integrity its got to be after the shambolic little league set up is finished, so the team in 9th and a possible £1mill could suddenly find themselves finishing 16th and a lowly £250k.

 

That's the part which makes the least sense. You could have a team in the Premiership lose 22 games and finish bottom, raking in £730,000. Meanwhile a team could win 22 games in the Chamionship finsihing top and only get £387,000 before their points tally is reset to zero.

 

If the same teams ended up first and last in their play-off 8 league they'd get a further £200,000 and £25,000. So you'd have a team that finished last in both stages getting more money than the team which finished first in both.

 

I thought this was supposed to be a 'fairer' financial distribution model.

[der Berliner 3,267]

Read that 4 times and my head is about to explode.

 

That's the plan!

[aweebluesoandso 290]

Those figures are up there with the Polly Peck and Asil Nadir for false accounting.

[RANGERRAB 3,278]

And the money for all of this is coming from where ? have they got a replacement sponsor for the CB? and are SKY quite happy with the collapse in SPL viewing figures not to mention the fact CG says he'll not sign next season's SKY deal.

[Zappa 0]

Someone could write a completely ridiculous TV comedy sketch about these league reconstruction proposals and the shambles Scottish football has become on Regan and Doncaster's watch.