The demotion of Rangers left an annual 2 horse race to be a total whitewash by Celtic. Even though the league only contains 12 sides, there is a gulf in class between Celtic and the likes of Aberdeen and Hearts and then a further gulf to rest who are on a par with lower championship / League 1 sides. It should mean Celtic would put 6 passed virtually everyone they play but this has got less and less likely. Competition is closer making it more interesting but only because standards have dropped shown by the dismal effort of Celtic in the ECL qualifiers.
Rangers look powerful under Warburton and look certain to rekindle their battles with Celtic but I wonder if too much time will have passed. Some attendances at the weekend just scraped over 4000! It looks to be heading for a league with such small teams the only large ones could only survive in the English pyramid system just like in Wales. This has been talked about before but when Glasgow had two giants of teams that wouldn't go anywhere outside of the EPL. The demise has occurred largely because of the collapse of Rangers and I can't see it getting better. Sides have cut wage bills as 1 or 2 large gates have been removed and as poorer players proliferate the league then the numbers drop further and that vicious circle is well mature now.
I'm not saying they should enter the English system at any level but are they dead as a footballing outpost now?