Scottish Premiership teams have opted to abandon proposals which would have seen the league's pyramid reconstructed.
With divisions below the top flight brought to an early end, it had been suggested three leagues of 14 sides be created to prevent teams being relegated. But Premiership clubs say it's "not the right time".
The strong feeling of the group was that we must focus all of our energies on emerging from the crisis we face, due to the pandemic, on getting back to playing football safely and getting fans back into grounds as soon as practicably possible, Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said after today's meeting.
"Whilst the group sympathises with the plight of the situation the relegated teams are faced with, it concluded that this is not the right time to consider immediate reconstruction in the midst of a crisis.
"But the group is willing to engage in and pick up on these discussions once we are through COVID-19."
Hearts sit four points from safety with eight games to go in the Premiership and now face the prospect of relegation to the Championship should the campaign not resume.
Meanwhile the Scottish Highland Football League says the decision's "disappointing and frustrating":
"Today's news that the current work towards SPFL League Reconstruction has been brought to an abrupt and arbitrary halt is disappointing and frustrating in equal measure.
"This year, albeit in difficult circumstances, the SPFL had its first opportunity since the introduction of the Scottish Football pyramid to meaningfully embrace the spirit of the pyramid.
"It is a matter of great regret that the SPFL has chosen to turn away from that."
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