steveharvey

I think that most of the views i see are to expand the Premiership, the problem being the TV deal is reliant on the Celtic/Rangers games until 2029, so if we assume that reconstruction is off the table until that point what can be done? What about making the Championship stronger? Increase the Championship to 18 teams, play each other home and away for a 34 game season, increase the relegation spaces to 2 automatics with the 3rd being a playout. Increase League One to 18 club, bring in 6 teams from Highland/Lowland leagues, two go up automatically with playoffs to determine who plays the playout game. Increase relegation spots from League One to two automatics, with one play out. The winners of the Highland and Lowland Leagues go up, with playoffs for the others to determine who plays the playout game. This would open up the pyramid and allow for those leagues to be grown?

I think the size of the league and clubs within the league can be taken from the social media followers of each club, i have counted the followers from Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), Youtube and TikTok and I think this gives a good idea of where the league is at. I do believe that the league needs expanding, to allow more clubs and to try and increase the following amongst all those clubs. If you look at the Eredivisie then Ajax apart, they have a similar following, this could be achieved with the league and all clubs working together to increase their profiles. I think this is the growth area that needs to be explored to increase the value of the brand and the size of the TV deal. Club Total Celtic 4,820,800 Rangers 3,044,400 Aberdeen 424,400 Hibernian 418,100 Hearts 328,200 Motherwell 297,000 Kilmarnock 132,500 Dundee 110,340 St Johnstone 111,283 St Mirren 108,159 Livingston 91,190 Ross County 79,015 Total Followers 9,965,387 Club Total Ajax 25,370,000 PSV 4,914,500 Feyenoord 4,387,400 Alkmaar 927,400 Utrecht 784,300 Twente 669,900 Heerenveen 630,600 Vitesse 383,100 Zwolle 348,700 Nijmegen 217,120 FC Volendam 205,700 Sparta Rotterdam 204,970 GA Eagles 186,205 Waalwijk 175,450 Sittard 159,640 Heracles 149,450 Excelsior 101,518 Almere City 96,710 Total Followers 39,912,663