Restructuring
| “ | "Our review of non-financial matters indicate an organisation which is not wholly suited to the modern-day business environment, or the size of the league." | ” |
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—Pannell Kerr Foster, BBC Sport website |
In March 2007, a self-conducted review found the league to be three times more expensive to run than equivalent leagues in England, with a report stating the league structure was "outdated". The report found that the Football Conference has four employees looking after 68 clubs, while the SFL has 14 people running leagues with just 30 clubs. The SFL, which runs Scotland's First, Second and Third Divisions, lacks a "commercial engine", according to the report.
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