And regionalisation of the leagues below was a feature of the recent SFA-commissioned report into the professional game by former First Minister Henry McLeish.
Neither company's effort has done anything to shake the shared stronghold of Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ) and Scientific Atlantic (nyse: SFA - news - people ) on the cable set-top box industry.
Over the years Nortel (nyse: NT - news - people ), Honeywell (nyse: HON - news - people ), Scientific-Atlanta (nyse: SFA - news - people ) and Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) all tried--and failed--to devise reliable power line networks.
Wednesday's match at Hampden is unlikely to be a sell-out and the SFA could make a loss.
McBeth will end his four-year spell as SFA president at the body's annual general meeting in Glasgow on Friday.
Celtic had also written to the SFA seeking clarification over a spot-kick awarded against them by referee Willie Collum in their defeat by Rangers.
The SPL wanted the SFA to move the Scottish Cup semi-finals to a midweek date to accommodate the fixture switch.
Smith hinted that, had the SFA acted on behaviour at the previous Cup tie at Ibrox on 6 February - when the teams drew 2-2 - events might have been calmer for the replay.
He said the SFA had recognised in recent years that the final should be run on an "even-handed" basis.
The SFA president is also unhappy about newspaper photos that appeared to show the Rangers pair making V-signs while sitting on the bench during Wednesday's game.
Rangers players El-Hadji Diouf and Madjid Bougherra have also been informed that they will be referred to the SFA's disciplinary committee on 12 April, for 'misconduct of a significantly serious nature'.
BBC: Ally McCoist and Neil Lennon receive Hampden final bans
Meanwhile, the SFA's General Purposes Committee is to review comments made by manager Neil Lennon following Celtic's 2-0 defeat to Hearts in November.
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