sirscottyoung Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 You say the decision doesn't have to be made right now and to an immediate extent you're correct, but it will still have to be made at some point. If these were normal times then right about now clubs would be in talks with their players and planning for next season, with that in mind a number of those same players are out of contract in June and would be talking to clubs. You have to think that even with no prospect of football anytime soon these guys will still be wanting to sort out their futures in the way of contracts for next season.... whenever that may be. Regarding the logistical problems club viability is paramount of concern, so how do you conclude a season in a league where some of the participants have gone bust? It is perhaps handy that there is exactly 9 games each left in L1 to play but what about the other leagues where teams have played a disproportionate amount of games? What a mess that would be to sort out. I know you suggested expunging results against of any clubs that had gone but is there a precedent for this, I could imagine this would be a highly debatable option and in the end no more useful than letting results stand. Had this only been a short break of a few weeks or even as much as 6 weeks there probably would have been time enough that this season could have been played out, but Scottish football is as good as admitting that there will almost certainly be no football played until August and as such I cannot see that happening. If that's the case I can see no sense nor value in putting off making any decision. Given what we know about players contracts finishing in June (I believe after June Falkirk will have around 10 signed players, Raith 9, Montrose 7, Airdrie 6, East Fife 5) and the more pressing worry that by August there may well be clubs missing from the lists if that's the case I cannot see any way that season 2019/20 can be played to anything nearing a satisfactory finish. If it passes that there are no more games played before June then one way or another it'd be better to make the hard choices and clear the boards to get things ready for the first whistle of the new season rather than have a pre-season, play the 9 games then muck about with the league and challenge cups and try to kick off a league season too.East fife have 9/10 signed for next season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM. Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 15 hours ago, Life on Marrs? said: Not quite sure what legal action there is to take if season can't finish. If a horse race gets abandoned halfway, they don't award it to whoever was in front. I know it seems unfair, on certain clubs but in the current circumstances, it's probably the best solution, then start afresh when this is over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Starks Park Kdy said: Wouldn't null and void mean no European football next season? Would season tickets be issued free to the holders from the void season? Would players contracts be extended or would they play for free? If they are extended are the clubs allowed to claim last seasons salaries from the SPFL? Lastly, would the SPFL have to pay back TV rights from the void season? For me null and void won't happen, if it did we wouldn't have an SPFL they'd be bust, which might not be a bad thing Null and void doesn't mean it didn't happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 English non league clubs are kicking up a right fuss over it, can imagine the SPFL are shitting it over having to piss off either Celtic or Rangers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life on Marrs? Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Starks Park Kdy said: Wouldn't null and void mean no European football next season? Would season tickets be issued free to the holders from the void season? Would players contracts be extended or would they play for free? If they are extended are the clubs allowed to claim last seasons salaries from the SPFL? Lastly, would the SPFL have to pay back TV rights from the void season? For me null and void won't happen, if it did we wouldn't have an SPFL they'd be bust, which might not be a bad thing I'm guessing european places would go by current league standings. Why would you expect free season tickets? You had 15 or so games worth of entertainment. Same with TV companies. We would just scrub this season and start 2020/21 from scratch in the Autumn. No promotion or relegations from this cancelled season. Would it really be the end of the world, considering what is going on? Let's hope we are, clubs and fans around to see next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks Park Kdy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I'm guessing european places would go by current league standings. Why would you expect free season tickets? You had 15 or so games worth of entertainment. Same with TV companies. We would just scrub this season and start 2020/21 from scratch in the Autumn. No promotion or relegations from this cancelled season. Would it really be the end of the world, considering what is going on? Let's hope we are, clubs and fans around to see next season. I suppose what I'm implying is that the SPFL will do what is going impact their finances the least.It's one big can of worms where they probably can't do right for wrong depending on which team you support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks Park Kdy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Null and void doesn't mean it didn't happen.It kind of does if we have no conclusion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I'm guessing european places would go by current league standings. Why would you expect free season tickets? You had 15 or so games worth of entertainment. Same with TV companies. We would just scrub this season and start 2020/21 from scratch in the Autumn. No promotion or relegations from this cancelled season. Would it really be the end of the world, considering what is going on? Let's hope we are, clubs and fans around to see next season. So you can award European places based on current standings but not promotion or relegation?Seems an odd distinction to make. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, Starks Park Kdy said: 1 hour ago, Gordon EF said: Null and void doesn't mean it didn't happen. It kind of does if we have no conclusion. No, it'll just mean it didn't end. The games will still have happened, TV companies will still have made money by people tuning into games. Players will still have played in games that generated revenues for clubs. So I'd imagine that almost all of your doomsday type scenarios have no chance of happening. A TV company isn't going to go fucking radge about not getting a full season and then be totally calmed down because the blazers sat down and decided to award championships and decide promotion/relegation without actually playing any games and finishing the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, stevoraith said: So you can award European places based on current standings but not promotion or relegation? Seems an odd distinction to make. European football doesn't happen without clubs being put forward by each country. Football leagues can continue without promotion and relegation. Of course, they could just decide to restart European competitions with the same teams as this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I understand how it works, but exactly the same “we had a chance of finishing in that position” argument could be made for Euro places as for promotion/relegation so if you can award one on a partially completed season then your argument for not awarding the other kind of loses credibility. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 A year of no European football sounds fine to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Clyde, Peterhead, Forfar and Stranraer would still be in the third tier, where they are now, with a very realistic chance of promotion to the second tier. Surely that’s better than sitting struggling in the third tier, with only a truly exceptional season being likely to take them into tier 2? It’d be easier to stay there if they made it too. Try looking beyond next season. Cove would maybe be the sole losers of a 14-14-14, they’d still go up a tier technically but obviously the rest of the league moves with them. But one team out of 42 unhappy would surely go down as a result? No matter what you do, some teams are going to be pissed off. There isn’t a solution that pleases everyone, and there isn’t a solution that you can call ‘right’. Our current ten team leagues are shite. We accept them because they’re what we’re used to but it’s turgid playing the same teams at least four times a season, often more, so if we could use this crisis to try something new out I’d be very happy. Playing in league one is a huge improvement over league two. We stunk out the place in league two for 9 years. No Clyde fan will be in a rush to play the likes of Elgin, Annan etc yet again.Promoting the top 2 in each league with no relegation is the fairest way to go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde01 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Clyde, Peterhead, Forfar and Stranraer would still be in the third tier, where they are now, with a very realistic chance of promotion to the second tier. Surely that’s better than sitting struggling in the third tier, with only a truly exceptional season being likely to take them into tier 2? It’d be easier to stay there if they made it too. Try looking beyond next season. Cove would maybe be the sole losers of a 14-14-14, they’d still go up a tier technically but obviously the rest of the league moves with them. But one team out of 42 unhappy would surely go down as a result? No matter what you do, some teams are going to be pissed off. There isn’t a solution that pleases everyone, and there isn’t a solution that you can call ‘right’. Our current ten team leagues are shite. We accept them because they’re what we’re used to but it’s turgid playing the same teams at least four times a season, often more, so if we could use this crisis to try something new out I’d be very happy. So Clyde will console themselves with still on paper being a third tier side but having swapped games against Raith, Falkirk, Airdrie, potentially Thistle for games against Elgin, Cowdenbeath etc with their 3 men and a dug supporters. Right you are then [emoji23].Your last point is also pish as you claim playing 4 times a season is turgid and want to replace it with leagues of 14 where we play (you guessed it) 4 times a season. Eureka! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 6 hours ago, sirscottyoung said: 17 hours ago, Scottydog said: You say the decision doesn't have to be made right now and to an immediate extent you're correct, but it will still have to be made at some point....... Had this only been a short break of a few weeks or even as much as 6 weeks there probably would have been time enough that this season could have been played out, but Scottish football is as good as admitting that there will almost certainly be no football played until August and as such I cannot see that happening. If that's the case I can see no sense nor value in putting off making any decision. Given what we know about players contracts finishing in June (I believe after June Falkirk will have around 10 signed players, Raith 9, Montrose 7, Airdrie 6, East Fife 5) and the more pressing worry that by August there may well be clubs missing from the lists if that's the case I cannot see any way that season 2019/20 can be played to anything nearing a satisfactory finish. East fife have 9/10 signed for next season Apologies I was only going by Transfermarkt, they only list: Dunlop, Slattery, Agnew and Watt as being signed for Fife beyond June 2020. Wallace has no date next to him so I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Carrigan Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 29/03/2020 at 22:25, L. Brilliant said: A4 Definitions ('season') C38 Champion Clubs https://spfl.co.uk/pages/rules-and-regulations This seems pretty clear to me, no? If a team is position 1 at the conclusion of a season, they're declared Champions. If the season is concluded early, how is that different? I'm still baffled that with 8 games left to play, there are people who want the whole thing voided. If a team has done well throughout, they should be rewarded as such. The playoff standings are where the waters are muddied, that's a different ball game. I can understand the no relegations, so for one season there is a: 14 team Premiership 12 team Champ/L1/L2 (with both the winners of the HL and LL being promoted) and at the end of 20/21 more teams are relegated than promoted and the numbers are reset. That makes total sense. Which brings me to the other point that baffles me. Why are people trying to overcomplicate things with regional splits and 16 team leagues?! It's just stupid. Surely the aim should be to carry things on with the least amount of confusion and upheaval possible? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Brian Carrigan said: This seems pretty clear to me, no? If a team is position 1 at the conclusion of a season, they're declared Champions. If the season is concluded early, how is that different? I'm still baffled that with 8 games left to play, there are people who want the whole thing voided. If a team has done well throughout, they should be rewarded as such. The playoff standings are where the waters are muddied, that's a different ball game. I can understand the no relegations, so for one season there is a: 14 team Premiership 12 team Champ/L1/L2 (with both the winners of the HL and LL being promoted) and at the end of 20/21 more teams are relegated than promoted and the numbers are reset. That makes total sense. Which brings me to the other point that baffles me. Why are people trying to overcomplicate things with regional splits and 16 team leagues?! It's just stupid. Surely the aim should be to carry things on with the least amount of confusion and upheaval possible? As a Rovers fan you certainly won't get an argument from me. But if you promote 2 into the SPL from the Championship then two up from each of other leagues surely there'd still be 10 in each of the other leagues not 12? (10-2+2=10). Or am I missing something. The above scenario is not perfect (but then what would be?) but is probably the least damaging solution when all is said and done. Desperate times call for desperate measures but that's no reason not to look for the best/least invasive option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 So Clyde will console themselves with still on paper being a third tier side but having swapped games against Raith, Falkirk, Airdrie, potentially Thistle for games against Elgin, Cowdenbeath etc with their 3 men and a dug supporters. Right you are then [emoji23].Your last point is also pish as you claim playing 4 times a season is turgid and want to replace it with leagues of 14 where we play (you guessed it) 4 times a season. Eureka!If Clyde are anything other than a 3 men and a dug club, they’d stroll into tier 2 on a regular basis. Try looking beyond one season. In a 14 team league you’d need a split so you’d play at a maximum six sides four times in a season. ‘Eureka’. You could share a league with someone for three years and only have played them six times, which is how many times we’ve played Peterhead this season alone. Doesn’t that just sound much better? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 5 hours ago, stevoraith said: I understand how it works, but exactly the same “we had a chance of finishing in that position” argument could be made for Euro places as for promotion/relegation so if you can award one on a partially completed season then your argument for not awarding the other kind of loses credibility. No it doesn't. Deciding not to promote / relegate / declare champions is a valid option for the leagues. If the SPFL were asked to nominate clubs for European football next season, nominating no clubs isn't really an option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOFOREVER Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 19 hours ago, Scottydog said: You say the decision doesn't have to be made right now and to an immediate extent you're correct, but it will still have to be made at some point. If these were normal times then right about now clubs would be in talks with their players and planning for next season, with that in mind a number of those same players are out of contract in June and would be talking to clubs. You have to think that even with no prospect of football anytime soon these guys will still be wanting to sort out their futures in the way of contracts for next season.... whenever that may be. Regarding the logistical problems club viability is paramount of concern, so how do you conclude a season in a league where some of the participants have gone bust? It is perhaps handy that there is exactly 9 games each left in L1 to play but what about the other leagues where teams have played a disproportionate amount of games? What a mess that would be to sort out. I know you suggested expunging results against of any clubs that had gone but is there a precedent for this, I could imagine this would be a highly debatable option and in the end no more useful than letting results stand. Had this only been a short break of a few weeks or even as much as 6 weeks there probably would have been time enough that this season could have been played out, but Scottish football is as good as admitting that there will almost certainly be no football played until August and as such I cannot see that happening. If that's the case I can see no sense nor value in putting off making any decision. Given what we know about players contracts finishing in June (I believe after June Falkirk will have around 10 signed players, Raith 9, Montrose 7, Airdrie 6, East Fife 5) and the more pressing worry that by August there may well be clubs missing from the lists if that's the case I cannot see any way that season 2019/20 can be played to anything nearing a satisfactory finish. If it passes that there are no more games played before June then one way or another it'd be better to make the hard choices and clear the boards to get things ready for the first whistle of the new season rather than have a pre-season, play the 9 games then muck about with the league and challenge cups and try to kick off a league season too. 19 hours ago, Scottydog said: You say the decision doesn't have to be made right now and to an immediate extent you're correct, but it will still have to be made at some point. If these were normal times then right about now clubs would be in talks with their players and planning for next season, with that in mind a number of those same players are out of contract in June and would be talking to clubs. You have to think that even with no prospect of football anytime soon these guys will still be wanting to sort out their futures in the way of contracts for next season.... whenever that may be. Regarding the logistical problems club viability is paramount of concern, so how do you conclude a season in a league where some of the participants have gone bust? It is perhaps handy that there is exactly 9 games each left in L1 to play but what about the other leagues where teams have played a disproportionate amount of games? What a mess that would be to sort out. I know you suggested expunging results against of any clubs that had gone but is there a precedent for this, I could imagine this would be a highly debatable option and in the end no more useful than letting results stand. Had this only been a short break of a few weeks or even as much as 6 weeks there probably would have been time enough that this season could have been played out, but Scottish football is as good as admitting that there will almost certainly be no football played until August and as such I cannot see that happening. If that's the case I can see no sense nor value in putting off making any decision. Given what we know about players contracts finishing in June (I believe after June Falkirk will have around 10 signed players, Raith 9, Montrose 7, Airdrie 6, East Fife 5) and the more pressing worry that by August there may well be clubs missing from the lists if that's the case I cannot see any way that season 2019/20 can be played to anything nearing a satisfactory finish. If it passes that there are no more games played before June then one way or another it'd be better to make the hard choices and clear the boards to get things ready for the first whistle of the new season rather than have a pre-season, play the 9 games then muck about with the league and challenge cups and try to kick off a league season too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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