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[dfcman]

5 minutes ago, Attilio said:

Rules of competitions at this level are usually quite thorough and specific.  I get it that no would have thought something like this would happen but legislating for every, or most eventualities is what they do, don't they?

No

[Attilio]

4 minutes ago, dfcman said:

No

More along the lines of 'making it up as you go along' style of management maybe?

[dfcman]

29 minutes ago, Attilio said:

More along the lines of 'making it up as you go along' style of management maybe?

Yes.I think the Board of the SPFL  will decide.I do not think there is any provision for 'averaging 'points as Neil lennon has suggested and the remark he makes that Dundee United should be promoted without giving consideraion to how relegation should be decided demonstrates how little real thought was given to that remark.

The 16 team League is a way of protecting the reasonable hopes and expectations of employees of most if not all Clubs.No-one gets relegated and 6 get promoted-8 if you include 2 from the Pyramid system

If a decision is made early it allows Clubs to sell advance Season Tickets and deal with player contracts for the new season.Hopefully in August but possibly later.

[Dondeh]

2 hours ago, Head Shaker said:

Celtic want an average points allocation if the leagues can't be finished, clubs will get an average of the points taken previously from teams.

Normally what Celtic want Celtic get..............

Indeed.

But for once, the favourites of our sectarian ScotGov, just got thwarted by the usually complicit SPFL. 

Incredible times.

Edited 13 March 2020 by Dondeh

[Parcbara]

Just listening to the BBC radio  panel about finishing this season then going right into next season. What about contracts? Players who have signed pre-contracts, players who might want to move if their  team gets relegated or not promoted. How does that pan out? How does the team losing any such player sort the gap out if they start right away into another season without a layoff? That is a recipe for disaster. As for Lennon's suggestion, no surprise there. Average points is  a poorly thought out solution. Games don't go the way they might be expected to. That's what makes it interesting. Changing contracts is not easy and most often a minefield.

There is no doubt that this is a tricky spot that Doncaster and his cronies find themselves in. Time to start earning his/their  money. 

Also, the income streams of clubs will absolutely be affected unless compensation is provided, which is an almost certain no-no.

[Iain T Campbell]

6 hours ago, Bobby Dee said:

An option will be to take us to a 16 team top div next year - 4 up no relegation 

I would go for top 8 to go up to form a 20 team division with the bottom 2 joining the rest for a 22 team second division and get rid of these diddy leagues that only stifle proper football being played. We are too small a country to have four divisions and people should hold their hands up and confess that these small divisions have nearly killed the game. We have not got the population of England so stop copying what they do. We have to start looking after our big clubs because we have not got that many of them, and not just catering for the Old Firm only.

[Cobra]

In the recent past we've seen the top flight scrap relegation to save Aberdeen and we've saw them let Dunfermline go down and promote us to replace Rangers so it's far from certain what they'd do if the season has to end.

With Hearts being bottom I imagine they'll say just cancel promotion and relegation. It's in their interests to have lots of Edinburgh and Dundee derbies next season.

[blueboy]

It gives Marshall (and Ness of course) time to get fit

[Prince Buster]

Just now, blueboy said:

and Ness of course

Who?

[Indeed]

Given the peak for the virus is 10 to 14 weeks away, it's likely the start of the new season will have to be delayed as the present one will not be completed in time. 

What about starting the new season much later, (after a short break), and instead of playing each other 4 times, play a shortened season, (2020/2021) with each team playing only 3 times or even twice depending on weeks available.

I know this doesn't address the contract issue and  playing each other 3 times creates the same issue seen with top 6/bottom 6 draws, i.e. you could end up with 2 always and only one home, (or vice versa).

[WoodStein]

There are plenty of issues to consider, contractual & financial impact, etc. Most, if not all, of us were not around, but Football & the SFA/FA have dealt with & survived the chaos of two World Wars. It will survive this, even if leagues have to be suspended for a year or more. 

[Cobra]

Clubs like ICT will be dependent on gates just to keep afloat so I suspect they'll need to be either helped by the banks or the football authorities.