I heard a rumour and remember it's just a "rumour" that Sky will pay up the full rights to the SPL without Rangers or THE Rangers for 1 season only . By my reckoning that means that possibly teams or the SFA may sanction relegation the the first division with a team taking their place possibly Dundee or Dunfermline.
This may be the reason why SFA are trying to push through quickly their idea of one football authority in Scotland rather than have the SFA and the SFL .
Remember I could be completely wrong as the source came from a relative of the Rangers kit man, so may not be reliable