Jason Leitch insists a a fan return is getting ever closer as the country starts to finally open back up and heal from the coronavirus pandemic.
But the national clinical director has warned doubts remain over how stadiums will look when the new campaign gets underway.
SPFL clubs are already in the business of selling season tickets under that idea and Aberdeen's promotional video depicting supporters returning to Pittodrie strained to even jerk a tear out of those with a dislike for the Dons.
But there's one massive asterisk. That, contrary to test events seen at a Liverpool dance music event over the weekend, we may be sitting far, far away from our nearest fellow supporter.
Leitch, speaking on the BBC's Off The Ball reckons time will tell on that "big unknown" - but we're well on track for fans to be in grounds on Premiership opening day.
"With a fair wind, if the numbers keep going in the right direction, and we don't go crazy, yes," he confirmed.
"I think there will be fans at the opening of the new season.
"The big unknown for now, is physical distancing. What are we going to do with physical distancing in September, or December? When you start to reduce physical distancing, you've got to have the virus almost eliminated in your country to make it safe."
Leitch also cleared up a factor that hasn't quite been put to those making plans for a fan return - away supporters.
Anyone that regularly goes to matches knows the journey, the community and the stories from a cross-country trip to watch your team can rival the greatest days at a home ground.
And the national clinical director explained how those days could be back in a limited capacity after a month or so, with different supporters clubs perhaps getting priority on matchdays.
He continued: "I can imagine the start of the season being like that, to allow everybody to get used to how that works.
"To get the one-way systems working, to make sure the car parks are safe, all of that.
"If I were in charge of a club, I'd be thinking, 'this is a big change, everybody's coming back, we've got to do this correctly. First six weeks, let's think only home fans, we know names and addresses, and then maybe some away fans from a supporters club so you all know who they are'.
"So it's still not open ticketing like we would love, and like we all want to get back to. Over the whole season, depends what happens in the winter. The winter is a little bit of an unknown in terms of the virus.
"We'll probably need more vaccinations and have a little bit of a surge with the virus globally.
"But I can imagine a scenario in which we start with home fans, move to away fans who we know, and later in the season maybe you start to get that open access for everybody."
