I think it follows that if the LOI players were exposed to a similar SPL infrastructure, coaching, full time, etc you'd get a better standard of league.
But there is a gulf at present between the LOI and SPL. One such difference can be seen in the Scottish u21 team, who're maybe a bit better than ours, had 10 players starting from the SPL in a 2015 Euro qual, only 2 of them were from Celtic. Why Scotland are not producing players like Hansen Dalglish etc is another story, but the structure is there for that to happen.
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