Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has opened the door to the summer football schedule debate after claiming that the standard of technique in Scottish football would improve if games were played in better weather.
Despite being powerless to make the decision and move the leagues to the summer months, The SFA chief hopes that the universal desire to increase crowds will help harness change.
"I think if we have better conditions underfoot, players will try to play the game in the right manner and concentrate on aspects like technique, which has been lost a bit to the Scottish game,” he said.
"My suggestion has always been shutting down January and February in Scotland and play through to June.
"Two things might help with that. People would see it as a way of getting more fans into the game to maybe see more technical football getting played.
He also argued that the move to eliminate the coldest months from the football calendar could also help improve the performances of Scottish teams in Europe.
"Because of our coefficient in Europe now being affected and Scottish teams having to come into European competition a bit earlier than in previous years, we maybe should be playing a bit more through the summer, rather than having teams coming back from holiday playing against teams from other leagues who are playing through the summer."
Smith made his comments after Scottish women's football made the move to a March-November season, with teams taking a break in July.
"We're trying to do the same thing with the youth game - boys and girls - although there's a bit of resistance there.
"A lot of the problem in this country is traditionalism - people don't see it changing because it's always been this way.
"Maybe eventually the men's amateur game could change - it will be a bit more difficult for the senior game because of schedules."
