St Johnstone proprietor Adam Webb says chopping the variety of golf equipment within the Scottish Premiership from 12 to 10 can be “a huge mistake”.
It was revealed on Tuesday that the SPFL’s Competitions Working Group (CWG) are drawing up plans over a smaller top-flight league, and scrapping the top-six cut up.
Webb – whose membership is at present backside of the Premiership – believes a bigger 14-team mannequin ought to be carried out, rising to 16 sides sooner or later.
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Sky Sports activities Information understands all choices are into consideration by the CWG as they give the impression of being to handle fixture congestion points confronted by golf equipment enjoying in European competitions.
Talking to Sky Sports activities, Webb mentioned: “That will be an enormous mistake [cutting the top flight to 10 teams]. I believe the bar for good or dangerous in the case of soccer, UK soccer and world soccer, is the English Premier League.
“They have 20 golf equipment and whereas we’re not the identical measurement as England, clearly, and we’re not going to have 20 golf equipment in our Premiership – what you wish to do is edge nearer to that.
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“It’s a extra acquainted system that’s extra geared in direction of success on the world stage and on the UK stage. We must always completely be heading within the different course.
“From looking at the quality in the Championship this season, I can tell you we have two, three, four clubs for sure that would do just fine in the Premiership, and that’s where we should be headed. We should be growing the Premiership.
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“We should be going to a 14-team league very soon, and then five years later – as long as the quality in the Championship is sufficient – projecting to go to a 16-team league, and if you keep growing it on a gradual, very deliberate way, we can make sure that the quality is there.
“We completely have to have high quality with each crew within the Premiership, however that is the course we ought to be going as a result of it is higher for Scotland, it is higher for Scottish soccer.”
Why is league reconstruction on the agenda?
The mentioned adjustments are on account of fixture congestion and the additional league-phase video games that golf equipment competing within the Champions League, Europa League and Convention League face.
On Tuesday, the SPFL had already introduced that all Scottish Premiership golf equipment enjoying in European play-off spherical fixtures subsequent season will have the ability to request the postponement of 1 particular league match.
Adopting a smaller 10-team top-flight would see the variety of fixtures drop from 38 to 36, plus create a 10-team second tier and bigger third division.
Whereas a 14-team choice could keep the prospect of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee derbies remaining at their present frequency, it might trigger points for these within the backside half enjoying extra matches than these within the prime six following a cut up.
Discussions are but to happen on timings and whereas adjustments might be launched for subsequent season, the 2026/27 marketing campaign is regarded as extra sensible.
Whereas no golf equipment have but been consulted over any adjustments, any movement would wish the backing of 11 of the 12 Premiership golf equipment, 75 per cent of the Premiership and Championship groups, plus 75 per cent of all 42 SPFL sides.
