Scottish League One outfit Clyde is the latest side to oppose the league reconstruction conversation happening after the SPFL forced through league-ending proposals.
The Bankies claim that they will be taking a financial hit should the leagues be reconstructed, claiming that there would be considerable knock-on consequences for teams in lowers divisions.
They claim that if league reconstruction is approved, it will have a “significant” impact on the club’s projected income for the 2020/21 season.
“We had intended to provide a full overview of the Club’s financial situation based on last Friday’s expectation of an end to the season being agreed,” reads a Clyde statement.
“However, the SPFL announcement that a Reconstruction Group has been formed to look at an extension to the Premiership for next season, with potential knock-on consequences for League 1, has undermined the Club’s forecasts and, more significantly, the finality and clarity that ending the season was supposed to bring.
“The extension of the Premiership, if approved, could have a significant downward impact on the Club’s projected income for the 2020-21 season. Combined with our previously reported annual losses we are now looking at a significant cash deficit, even with an inevitable significant cut in the playing budget.”
The comments of Clyde come after the SPFL controversially accepted Dundee’s altered Yes vote, with the Dens Park club suggesting the terms of the proposal were changed mid-vote.
Dundee’s lodged No vote was controversially lost by the SPFL with the ensuing debacle seeing Rangers demand the suspension of SPFL chief exec Neil Doncaster and legal advisor Rod McKenzie.
The Ibrox club claims they have evidence of corruption from within the SPFL and want an independent investigation launched into the organisation’s affairs [Rangers].
Hearts chair Ann Budge will now head a league reconstruction task force [SPFL] alongside Hamilton’s Les Gray with 11 clubs to 1 needed in the Scottish Premiership to pass any motion.
Clyde join Ayr United as being vocal opponents to league reconstruction, with Ayr’s chairman Lachlan Cameron branding the plans “insane” [Ayrshire Post, via Daily Record].
