It has been claimed some clubs have expressed fears over their financial wellbeing if the SPL is not revamped.

The idea of league reconstruction has been a hot topic of late, with SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster admitting he would be open to the idea of scrapping the controversial split.

Any proposed changes to the competition would require the support of 11 of the 12 clubs, but opinion is divided over whether the status quo should prevail.

Alternative proposals include scrapping the split and expanding the competition to up to 18 teams, with clubs playing each other twice per season, rather than up to four times.

There have also been calls for any split to include the top clubs from the Irn-Bru First Division playing the bottom clubs in the SPL.

That would help increase the number of teams who are promoted or relegated - which currently stands at one - without necessarily cutting them adrift completely.

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Doncaster later denied any knowledge of SPL chairmen meeting in secret but insisted he would have no problem if they did.

"Chairmen of clubs have meetings all the time between each other and that's what you would expect them to," he told STV Sports Centre.

"I think it's absolutely important that there's consensus among clubs.

"I would certainly encourage a real discussion about how we're going to improve things."

Doncaster refused to reveal his own opinion on what the best way forward would be.

"If you put things on the table, they're just going to get ripped to bits - because that's human nature.

"Let's look at what could be possible, what's going to improve things and try to build that consensus.

"The best way of doing that is below the radar, doing it quietly, and then hopefully building that consensus and coming back with plans for the future."