Now’s not the time for lasting change warns Dons chief Cormack

ABERDEEN chairman Dave Cormack believes SPFL clubs have created a minefield for themselves in their attempts to make league reconstruction a reality.

The SPFL taskforce, led by Ann Budge of Hearts and Les Gray of Hamilton, was formed two weeks ago with the aim of trying to find a new league structure which would help clubs affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Clubs such as Partick Thistle and Stranraer have been relegated from the Championship and League One respectively due to the lower league campaigns being brought to a premature end while Hearts will face the same fate if the Premiership season is also called to a premature halt.

Dons chairman Cormack supports making a change for one season to protect all the clubs negatively impacted by the fallout but is not convinced now is the time to make any reforms permanent.

He said: “As I’ve said previously the worst time to make any strategic decision is to put something else in place that doesn’t actually work across the board.

“How this all came about is the situation Hearts, Partick and Stranraer are i n. It was t o show an empathy there and to show nobody is unfairly penalised.

“My view is the fair thing to do for one season is to have a 14-team top tier and dovetail it through the leagues then everyone has a fighting chance next season.

“This thing has morphed from a solution to help Hearts, Partick and Stranraer into many clubs seeing this an opportunity reorganise t he whole league and redistribution of income.

That of itself complete minefield.”

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Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack.