Obviously you weren’t at the meeting, I personally found it very worthwhile and lots of points for discussing. There was an element of arrogance and scaremongering at times but that is no different to the “if the juniors don’t join the eosl now, you will join at tier 7,8 or 9” scenario when in fact no decisions have been made.
An assurance was given by the SJFA who are in dialogue with the SFA that they will work towards joining a “pyramid” for end of next season. They also accepted when pushed from the floor that they need to keep to this timeline. The SFA Stewart Regan have previously stated that the juniors will join at tier 6 and assurances this is still the case are to be sought and a plan agreed at the egm.
For me Its up to the clubs now, they basically stay with the juniors for another year and trust the SJFA and SFA to amalgamate to some sort of agreed pyramid or they don’t trust this to happen and move across now under there own accord.
There was a stronger together theme throughout the evening which you can’t really argue with but as said each club needs to decide the best course of action they believe.
What is clear to is that failure for the SJFA to deliver on pyramid inclusion for the end of next season will for me be a final blow to the juniors and a complete incompetence which will destroy the grade.
There was also an acceptance from the top table that this should have been addressed and engaged with some time ago but we are where we are the next few months to a year will either see massive change or the demise of our junior football.
A twist or stick scenario