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i'm not a fan of them but they seem to be popular

what chicken and maggie?

i couldnt eat a full maggie

You can't have a playoff for relegation

Agree with much of what you say and the benefits of regional leagues shouldnt be ignored.

More derby games resulting in larger crowds and reduced travel costs for smaller clubs.
How much does it cost a club like Annan to travel to the highlands six times as a year as a % of their income?

Would have the 13th and 14th from the top flight joining 3rd,4th and 5th from the regional leagues in an expanded play off system.

The holy grail is trying to make sure as many clubs as possible play meaningfull games for as long as possible each season.

Why not? they do it in holland, except in involves to teams from the top division and two from the second division

fair point about meaningful games at a stretch id do something similar the dutch format, 13th and 14th in the top tier in a playoff with the two second placed teams in the regional leagues. The top 8 concept in the regional leagues does also offer financial incentives and offers more 'meaningful games'

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Get rid of the cups and just have 3 leagues of 12.

Top tier of 20
Second tier of 22
4 up and 4 down each season with promotion, relegation and Europa League playoffs

Pyramid system below this so there is promotion and relegation from the second teir also

Joab done

switch the regional leagues for two standard leagues of 15, the only way i can see around the issue tbh!

Also a national training and scouting centre which takes in players from all around the globe. Get teams to invest into it and they get a share of the talent coming through it. That way Scottish sides have players of ability. rather than the dross that most Scots players are.

I'm honestly sick of hearing this meaningless games $hite.

If a club has meaningless games at the end of the season, it is through their own doing!!

If a club has won the title with games to spare, every game from then on in is a party.

If a club is relegated long before the end of the season, its their fault for being pi$h

If a club is sitting mid table and wont be relegated or wont be chasing any european places, they are at least secure in their league, they should be looking to improve the following season, they can give young players a chance and it's their own fault if they don't have a cup competition to keep their season going.

The meaningless games argument, from my point of view, is moot!!

People buy a season ticket at the start of the season, whether they attend at the end of the season or not, the ticket is bought and paid for, sure meaningless games wont attract mega crowds, but just about every league structure there is will mean games like this for some teams at some point, its going to happen.

We should be maximising variety AND competition, not just competition.

Every cup final is a meaningful game

Its less of an occassion and far less appealing if your team were to play a cup final every week tho.

Old firm fans of all people should be able to see how much more of an occassion a cup final is for teams that dont play them as often.

If you keep the leageus small, play the same teams all the time, and copete in the same competitions every season, it gets monotounous, boring and tiring.

In a big league, one season you might be safe, the next fighting relegation, the next safe, the next fighting for europe, the next something else, its not the same boring old $hite every year and you are competing against different teams every year into the bargain which adds more variety also