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El Ricardo's Scottish Alternative v2.1

The main premise is that this edit has decent investment at the top level, thanks in part to the sponsorship of Scottish whisky manufacturer Johnnie Walker and record a TV deal for Scottish football from BT Sport. Don't worry, the money isn't ridiculous and not over-powered. It does allow the teams that are not Celtic to 'catch up' somewhat though. The prize money for each league is more or less how the recent restructure is at present (see here) albeit adjusted accordingly with regards to the 16-16-16 league distribution.

The three leagues that constitute the SPFL are as follows:

Johnnie Walker SPFL Premiership
(16 teams - current league + top four from real 1st Division last season).

Johnnie Walker SPFL Championship
(16 teams - bottom six teams from real 1st Division last season + 2nd Division).

Johnnie Walker SPFL National League
(16 teams - current SPFL League 2 + the champions of Highland League; EoS Prem; Junior West Superleague; Junior East Premier League as well as Formartine United; Clydebank and Spartans).

Below all of this is the newly constructed 'Alliance' system. Somewhat similar to the non-league system in England, we have as follows (18 teams in each):

McVitie's All of Scotland Alliance

(Then we regionalise in to two):

Press & Journal Highland Alliance One
Stagecoach Lowland Alliance One

(...then in to three):

Press & Journal Highland Alliance Two
Stagecoach Lowland Alliance Two (West)
Stagecoach Lowland Alliance Two (East)

Press & Journal Highland Alliance Three
Stagecoach Lowland Alliance Three (West)
Stagecoach Lowland Alliance Three (East)

My 'starting divisions' were decided on a mixture of last season's placings in their respective 'senior' or 'junior' league and combined them equally as much as possible; also making room for any reputation discrepancies, though I do profess to not having the greatest knowledge of Scottish non-league!

*NEW!!!*
SCOTTISH AMATEUR COMBINATION!!
Borders
Central Scotland
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Grampian
Highlands & Islands
Lothian
Strathclyde
Tayside

An exciting eighth tier makes things that little more interesting. Nine fictional divisions of twenty clubs, using leftover teams in the database, as well as fictional teams as far flung as Lerwick and Jura. Historical Glasgow club Third Lanark is resurrected back in to Cathkin Park! Approximately 100 new clubs, 60 new towns/villages and 100 stadiums created, with (as far as possible) correct ground/park names; kit colours and co-ordinates. Not only this, but there is an additional Amateur Cup involving all clubs at this level, as well as regional offshoots.

Cups
The main cups that already exist are present, with a little bit more prize money to keep it interesting in the main competitions as well as a couple of new additions.

Scottish Cup: All teams in league system. 4 qualifying rounds. (around 40% of the current English FA Cup prize totals in the Scottish Cup).
League Cup: 48 SPFL clubs. Seeded draws.
Challenge Cup: Championship and National League clubs.
Alliance Trophy: Similar format to the current Scottish Junior Cup. 160+ teams in the non-league system vie for this trophy.
Scottish Amateur Cup: 180 clubs in the ninth tier compete. This will be extended as the database develops.
SPFL Super Shield: Winners of the Premiership vs. Scottish Cup winners.
...and approximately 20 regional 'subsidiary' cups for Alliance/Under 20 clubs and 9 regional cups for Amateur clubs.