15 teams means the fixture list is too complicated.
Teams 1-14 can play each other, but what about team 15?
It's too messy.
I dont mind the split
Though your idea has some merit I quite like that.
can they afford to drop the league cup from a sponsorship point of view?
also are you suggesting just 2 leagues of 15? what happens to the other 12 teams if so?
28 games?
Could never happen.
This is how the belgian league operates and we would do well to follow this model.
Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division. Seasons run from late July to early May, with teams playing 30 matches each in the regular season, and then entering play-offs 1, play-offs 2 or the relegation play-off according to their position in the regular season. Play-offs 1 are contested by the top 6 clubs in the regular season, with each club playing each other twice. Play-offs 2 are contested by teams ranked 7 to 14 in the regular season, divided in two groups of 4 teams playing each other twice. The relegation play-off consists of 5 matches between the 15th and the 16th-placed team in the regular season.
2 Leagues of 18 teams
No League Cup
Scottish Cup set up like you suggest.
3 teams relegated from each league
2 play off places
3 teams promoted from the lower leagues.
Winter Break from 2nd January to 14th February.
League play offs played weekend before Scottish Cup Final - could use both MurrayField and Hampden.
Implement two senior leagues one governing body. Equal distribution of money and fair voting rights for every club. Pyramid regional leagues below the top two senior leagues.
Scrap the league cup and have a mini tourny at the begining of the season.
Would also be interested in having a variation of the American draft system/National football youth system giving the option of the best players to the worst placed club.
then there would be no point of the youth set up. the only reason the draft system works in the NFL for example is because those guys go through college and that is where they get drafted from.
The draft system would only work in a case like that. Theres no point of bringing a young kid in at the age of 15, train him, make him a better player, then when hes about to break into the first team he gets drafted to the worst team in the league.
"Would also be interested in having a variation of the American draft system/National football youth system giving the option of the best players to the worst placed club."
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Hmm.... interesting, but would it work.
I was thinking along the lines of having a National Youth training centre for players unattached to clubs. We already have a coaching centre why not have a youth one. Would take the cost off clubs training their own youth players.
If the player was sold on then a % of the transfer fee would be split between the club and the training centre. Would mean we could implement a certain style of football on a national scale. Focusing on better technique and passing of the ball rather than hoof ball.
how far down would they go though? The team that got relegated from the SPL? The team coming into the SPL? Or all the way down to division 3?
and would it work anyway? Because come the transfer window, they would get bought anyway. Unless they don't impress of course. There would probably need to be trades involved like they do over here. Either for players, for a player for a few draft picks of the next year..
I would imagine that the team(s) relegated get first pick then everyone else excluding the top 6 teams. A player trading system would be good for clubs who atm only offer contracts from 1-2 years.
Its a complex thing and I havent had a chance to map it all out yet
Just out of interest how well recieved is the draft system in the US? Do they like it or see it as a good thing?
Sorry Chuman, had to go earlier. But its mixed reviews i think but most people see it as a good thing. Every sport does it here so it must be well accepted by most of the people.
I don't think ive ever seen an argument against it
2 leagues of 15 and the rest drop down to regional leagues.
Does The League Cup bring in that much ? Would an added interest in a revamped FA cup not compensate for that
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posted on 11/12/12
15 teams means the fixture list is too complicated.
Teams 1-14 can play each other, but what about team 15?
It's too messy.
posted on 11/12/12
I dont mind the split
Though your idea has some merit I quite like that.
posted on 11/12/12
can they afford to drop the league cup from a sponsorship point of view?
also are you suggesting just 2 leagues of 15? what happens to the other 12 teams if so?
posted on 11/12/12
28 games?
Could never happen.
posted on 11/12/12
This is how the belgian league operates and we would do well to follow this model.
Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division. Seasons run from late July to early May, with teams playing 30 matches each in the regular season, and then entering play-offs 1, play-offs 2 or the relegation play-off according to their position in the regular season. Play-offs 1 are contested by the top 6 clubs in the regular season, with each club playing each other twice. Play-offs 2 are contested by teams ranked 7 to 14 in the regular season, divided in two groups of 4 teams playing each other twice. The relegation play-off consists of 5 matches between the 15th and the 16th-placed team in the regular season.
posted on 11/12/12
2 Leagues of 18 teams
No League Cup
Scottish Cup set up like you suggest.
3 teams relegated from each league
2 play off places
3 teams promoted from the lower leagues.
Winter Break from 2nd January to 14th February.
League play offs played weekend before Scottish Cup Final - could use both MurrayField and Hampden.
posted on 11/12/12
Implement two senior leagues one governing body. Equal distribution of money and fair voting rights for every club. Pyramid regional leagues below the top two senior leagues.
Scrap the league cup and have a mini tourny at the begining of the season.
Would also be interested in having a variation of the American draft system/National football youth system giving the option of the best players to the worst placed club.
posted on 11/12/12
then there would be no point of the youth set up. the only reason the draft system works in the NFL for example is because those guys go through college and that is where they get drafted from.
The draft system would only work in a case like that. Theres no point of bringing a young kid in at the age of 15, train him, make him a better player, then when hes about to break into the first team he gets drafted to the worst team in the league.
posted on 11/12/12
"Would also be interested in having a variation of the American draft system/National football youth system giving the option of the best players to the worst placed club."
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Hmm.... interesting, but would it work.
posted on 11/12/12
No
posted on 11/12/12
I was thinking along the lines of having a National Youth training centre for players unattached to clubs. We already have a coaching centre why not have a youth one. Would take the cost off clubs training their own youth players.
posted on 11/12/12
oh..
posted on 11/12/12
If the player was sold on then a % of the transfer fee would be split between the club and the training centre. Would mean we could implement a certain style of football on a national scale. Focusing on better technique and passing of the ball rather than hoof ball.
posted on 11/12/12
how far down would they go though? The team that got relegated from the SPL? The team coming into the SPL? Or all the way down to division 3?
and would it work anyway? Because come the transfer window, they would get bought anyway. Unless they don't impress of course. There would probably need to be trades involved like they do over here. Either for players, for a player for a few draft picks of the next year..
posted on 11/12/12
I would imagine that the team(s) relegated get first pick then everyone else excluding the top 6 teams. A player trading system would be good for clubs who atm only offer contracts from 1-2 years.
Its a complex thing and I havent had a chance to map it all out yet
posted on 11/12/12
posted on 11/12/12
Just out of interest how well recieved is the draft system in the US? Do they like it or see it as a good thing?
posted on 11/12/12
Sorry Chuman, had to go earlier. But its mixed reviews i think but most people see it as a good thing. Every sport does it here so it must be well accepted by most of the people.
I don't think ive ever seen an argument against it
posted on 12/12/12
2 leagues of 15 and the rest drop down to regional leagues.
Does The League Cup bring in that much ? Would an added interest in a revamped FA cup not compensate for that
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