It seems that not a summer goes by without talk of reconstruction in Scottish football.
The premature end to the 2019-20 campaign brought proposals from Hearts chief Ann Budge about a new 14-14-14 system.
That was voted down but the issue of reconstruction came rushing back to the fore this week when Dundee owner John Nelms hinted at a breakaway movement.
The Dens Park club have just won promotion back to the Premiership after beating Kilmarnock in the play-off final.
The American has hinted that there could be big changes on the horizon, but what are his concerns and what's actually being proposed?
Record Sport breaks down the situation.
What has Nelms said?
The Dundee chief has suggested that there could be a split in the SPFL, with the full-time clubs looking to do their own thing.
Nelms told BBC Scotland: "It could get ugly. You could have breakaway groups.
"If the upper tier feels so passionately about something they're trying to do and they can't do it because the lower leagues say no, then yeah I think that could happen.
"We've all talked about how Scottish football should look.
"We have 42 teams and you have three different groups that have very different ideals and wants and needs. Although the sport connects us all, the way we do certain things and run the business is night and day.
"Scottish football does get left behind a bit. Our TV deal doesn't allow us to do much - we're behind financially. We need more investment and need to be able to do things to make our product more saleable.
"The ones at the top are the ones on TV earning the money, so to speak. They're the ones that have the ideas and creativity to make some of these things happen."
What are his concerns?
In 2013 the old Scottish Premier League merged with the Scottish Football league to form the SPFL.
That ensured all 42 clubs are part of the same organisation, but Nelms is concerned that the interests of all parties may not align.
Certain changes such as last summer's reconstruction plan require the backing of at least 75 per cent of clubs in each division, with the bottom two voting as one bloc.
League One and League Two are made up of a number of semi-professional clubs.
Nelms is concerned that having to win the support of 15 of those 20 clubs could hold back proposals that the professional clubs higher up the league might want to get done which wouldn't necessarily benefit the smaller teams.
For example, a recent plan for Rangers and Celtic colts to play in a 16-team League 2 next season failed to attract enough support.
Is there any precedent for this kind of move?
Yes, in fact the formation of the SPFL eight years ago was in effect an un-breakaway.
In 1997 top flight clubs voted to split from the Scottish Football League and form the SPL.
That allowed them control over sponsorship revenues rather than the previous arrangement which saw commercial income divided across the four divisions.
The move was criticised by many at the time, with some dubbing it the 'Self Preservation League', while others insisted having so much power for lower league clubs which generated very little was 'the tail wagging the dog'.
The breakaway happened in time for the 1998-99 season but questions over the format soon arose.
In December 2010 an SFA report by former First Minister Henry McLeish recommended that Scottish football should have a single league body and that the top flight should be reduced to 10.
Reducing the size of the top league proved unpopular with fans and was rejected by the clubs.
A proposal for a 12–12–18 structure was also rejected after St Mirren and Ross County voted against but a plan to retain the same format with more revenue for lower league clubs passed in 2013.
The merger was formally confirmed on June 28 of that year and the SPFL was born.
Will a breakaway happen?
It's hard to say whether there would be enough support even from the 12 top flight clubs.
Don't forget, it's just eight years since they voted to go back on the previous breakaway.
However, it's Scottish football so nothing would surprise you.
