Scottish football is revisiting league reconstruction due to financial imbalances exacerbated by recent European football changes. The SPFL has announced a record payment of over £33 million, but 80% is allocated to just the top 12 clubs, leaving lower leagues in crisis, exemplified by League One clubs entering administration. Proposals for a 10-team Premiership, which would lead to fewer matches but increased competition, face skepticism. Meanwhile, interest in joining the league pyramid suggests a potential restructuring at lower levels, introducing new leagues and playoff systems for promotion to the SPFL.
Lower down the leagues, clubs are struggling. This season, League One clubs Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dumbarton have been put into administration, with others having struggling to make ends meet.
Reducing the Premiership to 10 teams would mean clubs playing 36 games compared to the current 38, with each team meeting four times and no split.
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