Former SFA chief Stewart Regan has said that the current Scottish domestic season must be played to completion before trophies are handed out.
The global health crisis has forced football in Scotland and across Europe into early shutdown with many league seasons still remaining undecided.
It’s left lingering doubts over whether or not the crisis will prevent leagues restarting this season with UEFA putting a deadline on domestic campaigns for the 30th June [Polish FA].
It’s looking increasingly unlikely that league seasons will meet this and it’s had Celtic desperately scrambling to claim a title they have not yet earned.
Rangers have refuted this on the grounds that ending the season now would bring the integrity of the sport in Scotland into question [Rangers].
There are also issues with relegations and promotions, with currently bottom-placed Hearts prepared to take a legal fight to the governing body [Sky Sports] should they be relegated from the top division.
Regan believes the only way to prevent a nuclear fall-out is to finish the games whenever we can.
“If we can agree to move the World Cup from the summer to the winter, surely we can come up with a solution for the current challenges,” said Regan [BBC Scotland].
“I don’t envy the job the board of the Scottish FA and the SPFL have to do.
“But I believe strongly you cannot end the season almost completed.
“It’s possible to do that with the will of all parties concerned, and that will allow a fair outcome for all the teams that are involved at the top and bottom of every division.”
For a former chief executive of the SFA to come out and say this is a major statement and gives an insight into the thinking of the top brass at the organisation.
Unless the SPFL find a way to complete the league before the end of June or convince UEFA of an extension, then is there really any justification for handing out awards?
