Cowden Cowboy

The amount paid to each club is based on the licence level they hold - pyramid position has no bearing on it

The crowds are pretty immaterial bronze license sets standards in a number of areas of a club’s operation not just its ground

But not good enough for bronze where you need to have a doctor present at every home game

Yes that is the case if you are lucky but there is now a shortage of GPs in many areas. They already work long hours and less are willing to become involved. Can also require payment which often is expensive.

You need to have a doctor at every home game for bronze - you can only have a paramedic to deputise occasionally if doctor not available - they can’t deputise on a regular basis

Bronze you need 300 lux floodlights at bronze (200 for entry) Doctor required to be present at each home game Safety Officer needs to be professionally qualified - entry level anyone can do it Equality and Diversity - you need published policies and also give some actual evidence of what steps you have taken

Yes grace periods will cover things getting definitely put in place in short order - you won’t get 1 or 2 years grace in all likelihood

Lots of things - some of which may prove difficult in short order and unlikely any waiver would give much leeway

Maybe Buckie thought they had no chance of reaching bronze licence status. You won’t get waivers for things that aren’t in place if they won’t be rectified in very short order.

And so did I - bronze license is quite difficult for many clubs.

A well judged post

Yes I know but then folk started talking about how the money was used

There is no TV deal so no cash from that. The B teams money is roughly two thirds to the clubs and one third to the league. The league then meets its running costs, pays for footballs for the clubs, pays for the indemnity insurances required by the clubs, pays half the match officials expenses (not fees) from their share

The heads in the sand bit isn’t correct - L2 teams wage budgets have been pushed way up since trapdoor came in. Directors understand very clearly the relegation risk

Plainly because every game is meaningful and thus very competitive - as opposed to a League where many clubs have little to play for after the halfway mark

Making relegation easier so you can be promoted back more readily isn’t that a compelling vision - SPFL sides aren’t that myopic. And yes pretty sure over time an SPFL club will make the return journey and a former Tier 5 club will fall back to that level

But we don’t know about it hence the query - easy enough to advise what actual position is

Well what is the position re their bronze licence and any waivers/derogations, etc

Would be happy with 18 real clubs with one down and 2nd bottom in play off with the 3 champions. Thus 2 potentially could come up

Yes

Yes but for ex-SPFL clubs it is way too few games to constitute a proper season - and filling the gaps with miscellaneous cups has little attraction

It’s hardly an embarrassment - there was no promotion to Tier 4 and the SPFL though gave that concession for nothing in return. Why should the SPFL make another concession - what’s in it for them. It also doesn’t seem that all the Tier 5 clubs that have won promotion are advocating that the SPFL change the current arrangement.

That’s fine if there is one league and one champion - but when there are multiple leagues then you can justify a further ‘dog fight’ to establish who actually is the ‘top dog’ - the Supreme Champion to use more Crufts speak. Indeed in a multi league feeder system several clubs in one league may be better teams than the champions in the others

No it wouldn’t as 30 league games is not much of a league season

The SFA - exactly the same as the West, South and East Leagues