Any delay to the start of the season would further diminish the reputation of the league, making it even more difficult to attract top quality stars and would create a fixture list pile-up which could take months to sort out.
MacKinnon thinks it is too late to change the rules now to affect the set-up of the league for the forthcoming season. "Whatever is decided now should be put in black and white and put in place for the season after next. After all, Inverness and Clyde both knew the rules about seating at the start of last season and didn't sort it out."
Kilmarnock's representative on the SPL board, Jamie Moffat, is keeping up to date with the situation despite being overseas, and MacKinnon assured Killie fans that the club had dealt even handedly throughout the proceedings. "We have done everything properly. Because of our ground-sharing agreement with Clyde, Mr Moffat immediately cited our conflict of interest and refused to take part in the original vote."
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