SFL ‘outdated’
A report commissioned by the Scottish Football League has found that the organisation is not fit for the modern day business environment and staff are “institutionalised and demoralised”
The report by accountants and business advisors, PKF, also states that the SFL lacks a ‘commercial engine’ which, given that two of the three competitions it runs are without a sponsor, isn’t exactly surprising.
In addition the BBC reports that the SFL costs much more to administrate than similar leagues in England and that staffing levels are way above those required for other larger league set-ups.
More info can be found on the BBC Website here.
An interesting note about the proposed SPL2 breakaway that’s mentioned at the end of the BBC article: “the clubs promoting a breakaway believe that they could compensate for their loss of £80,000 per club by way of a new television contract and replacing the CIS Cup with a new knock-out competition involving the present SPL clubs and those joining SPL2″…
So they want to get rid of the only competition that is actually attractive to sponsors at the moment? Surely their focus should be on fixing the pieces that are broken already?