Image source, SNSThe results are in. And they may be a surprise.
We asked you to cast your vote on whether the Scottish Premiership should keep VAR or scrap it.
More than 3,000 of you responded to the poll - and while there was a clear majority, it was no landslide.
Those in favour of ditching VAR totalled 67% of voters, while 33% were in favour of favour of keeping it.
Image source, SNSBBC Scotland will continue to broadcast live matches and highlights from the Scottish Cup for another five years.
The new deal extends the BBC's arrangement of showing a game from each round - up to and including the final - on a free-to-air platform.
The contract also allows the broadcaster to produce "near live digital highlights".
The Scottish Youth Cup final will also be shown live for the next five years.
Image source, SNSControversy and VAR have been intertwined ever since its implementation in the Scottish top flight in October 2022.
From handball decisions to fouls and penalties, managers and fans alike have had grievances over the technology - and the length of time taken for decisions to be made.
With the 2023-24 season complete and the new campaign a number of weeks away, would you rather see VAR scrapped from Scottish football or persevered with?
Cast your vote here.
St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson is on a list of possible candidates for Sunderland if they miss out on their top target Will Still. (Scottish Sun), external
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We asked you to name St Mirren's best cult hero signings - the player that showed up with little expectation (and perhaps ability) but won over the support.
Here's a taste of what you had to say:
Craig: Jim Goodwin epitomises passion over talent, not the best player I've ever seen at Saints, but an unbelievable leader on the pitch.
Anon: Inan Scanlon comes into that category but so did Doug Somner as Saints picked him up and others ignored him. He certainly knew his way to the net!
Anthony: Andy Dorman, what a player.
Ewan: As a fairly young Saints fan the first name that comes to my head is Andy Dorman, that man just didn't do tap-ins.
Alistair: The player most remembered as a cult hero has to be Super Stelios Demetriou, the bounty eater who helped win the 2017/18 Championship. Played 46 times, won the league and disappeared back into obscurity but left a lasting memory.
Grant: It’s a toss up between Alex Gogic and my childhood hero Guni Torfason. What a player and guy he was. Swaggered into the club with the long hair and scored a few goals.
Image source, BBC SportOxford United midfielder Oisin Smyth is close to joining St Mirren. (Belfast Telegraph), external
Image source, SNSFormer St Mirren striker Jon Obika has retired from playing and taken a role on Motherwell's coaching staff for next season.
Obika, 33, joined the Buddies in summer 2019 for a two-year spell, making 77 appearances and scoring 20 goals.
After a spell with Morecambe he returned north to join Motherwell, initially on loan, in February 2023, but was restricted to just 14 appearances last season because of a recurring hamstring problem.
He hangs up his boots having played more than 400 games in a 15-year career that started at Tottenham and included spells at clubs including Crystal Palace, Brighton and Oxford.
Players come and go, but sometimes a new face will arrive and win the hearts of supporters unexpectedly.
Who's the lesser-remembered player that showed up at St Mirren with little expectation and perhaps had more passion than talent, but turned into a hero loved across the fanbase?
Image source, SNSChief executive Neil Doncaster says crowd figures are "hugely promising" after the SPFL broke its attendance record for the second year running.
Over 5.15m supporters took to the stands to watch their side across all SPFL competitions in 2023-24, covering the Premiership, Championship, League 1, League 2, League Cup and the SPFL Trust Trophy.
The year-on-year figure marks an increase of 64,122 on the season prior's record high, when the number of people attending SPFL matches surpassed 5m for the first time.
A total of of 4,746,052 fans attended games across the four divisions, with Premiership matches attracting 3,760,765.
Scotland continues to have the best attendances figures per capita across its top four divisions in Europe with 21.3 per 1000 people - 65% ahead of second-placed the Netherlands.
Doncaster said: “After topping five million fans across an SPFL season for the first time in season 2022/23, it is hugely promising to see attendances growing even further this season.
“Our supporters are renowned across the world for their dedication and passion and regularly record the highest per capita attendance in Europe."
David Currie
BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter
The Nat 5’s and Highers are over (or just about) but there’s still plenty of swotting going on in Paisley. Geography of course and a bit of economics.
Along the lines of where is Kutaisi? Or Dudelange? And how can I afford to get there?
All because the Buddies are returning to the European stage for the first time since the 1980s. Their reward for a fifth-place finish in the Premiership is one of the 86 places in the ‘main path’ of qualifying for the Europa Conference League.
Stephen Robinson’s side enter at the second qualifying round. (there’s two more after that) so the road to Wroclaw starts on 25 July.
That’s where the final is, but let’s not get carried away. Reaching the revamped Conference League of 36 teams would be a big achievement.
A couple of new faces have already been recruited for the big European push. Defender Shaun Rooney, who scored the winning goals in both the Scottish Cup and League Cup finals with St Johnstone in 2021, joins after a couple of seasons at Fleetwood Town.
Then there’s the new goalkeeper, Ellery Balcombe, who moves on loan from Brentford. Surely more will follow, perhaps attracted by the promise of European football.
The core of the team that qualified for Europe is still there, including player of the year Alex Gogic, who has signed a new contract. So far so good but more new arrivals are required.
We’ve seen clubs suffer domestically when trying to balance the challenge of performing in European competition – that’s the big test. Is it likely the Buddies can do well in Europe and pull off another top-six finish in the Premiership?
I can’t wait to find out.
Now, which budget airline flies to Azerbaijan?
Image source, Getty ImagesFour Premiership players from three clubs feature in Australia's squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
Hibernian forward Martin Boyle has been named in Graham Arnold's 25-man set-up, along with Hearts duo Cammy Devlin and Kye Rowles.
Departing St Mirren right-back Ryan Strain, who is set to leave the club when his contract expires this summer, is also in there.
The Socceroos take on Bangladesh and Palestine next month.
Image source, SNS/BBCJust five players featured in every single minute of their side's Scottish Premiership season.
Jack Butland, Liam Kelly, Dimitar Mitov, Zach Hemming and, finally, Alex Gogic. There's one crucial difference between St Mirren's Cypriot warrior and the rest of the quintet.
He's not allowed to use his hands.
While the goalkeepers deserve credit for their durability - including fellow Buddie Hemming - Gogic spent the season getting stuck into the action as Stephen Robinson's side ended their long wait for European football.
St Mirren's player of the year earned the adoration of the Paisley faithful with his bravery, in-game intelligence and ultimately, his commitment in the form of a three-year contract extension.
Could he repeat the feat next year?
Image source, SNSSt Mirren boss Stephen Robinson is hoping for a quieter summer of recruitment as his side gear up for a first European campaign in 37 years.
The Northern Irishman brought in seven players last summer but says securing safety early in the season has allowed him to get business done and could lead to less movement in the transfer window.
Robinson has already added Brentford goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe on a season-long loan and signed former St Johnstone defender Shaun Rooney from Fleetwood.
"Being relatively successful means we were able to give people early contracts, like Alex Gogic," Robinson said.
"It just gives a level of stability at the football club that may not have been here.
"The hard bit is bringing players here that are better than what we have. We will work very hard to make sure we do that.
"There will perhaps be not as much [movement] this year because we have got a lot of people in the building."
Robinson revealed which areas he still hopes to strengthen, adding: "I think we need another midfielder. We perhaps need another forward player with a little bit more pace just to give us something different.
"They're probably the only areas we're really looking to strengthen. Other than that, we'll sit back and see."
Image source, SNSSt Mirren have signed Brentford goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe on loan for next season.
The 24-year-old becomes the Paisley side's second signing of the summer, having already added former St Johnstone defender Shaun Rooney on a pre-contract.
Balcombe came through the Brentford academy and made his first-team debut last August, saving two penalties in an EFL Cup shootout win over Newport County.
With Zach Hemming returning to parent club Middlesbrough, Stephen Robinson was searching for a new goalkeeper and says he's been an admirer of the Englishman, who has had previous loan spells at clubs including Bristol Rovers and Doncaster.
"I’ve watched Ellery for a while," manager Robinson said.
"His distribution is very good, he’s commanding in his box and I believe he’s someone that will enhance our already good record of goalkeepers.
"We were keen to keep Zach but we spoke to Middlesborough and he's their player so we have to respect that. He'll go back for pre-season and fight for a number two jersey there, but we already knew that would come."
Image source, SNSStephen Robinson says he has "no complaints" regarding the departures of St Mirren players who refused new contracts at the club.
The Paisley side announced on Wednesday that Ryan Strain, Charles Dunne, Alex Greive and Keanu Baccus - who has already signed for Mansfield Town - will not return for their European campaign next term.
"It's just football, unfortunately," manager Robinson told club media.
"We made offers to players that weren't quite at the level they can get elsewhere and we accept that.
"I've no complaints because every player that's leaving the football club gave me everything.
"Keanu Baccus has been a terrific signing. Nobody knew him, he became an Australia international and played in the World Cup against Lionel Messi. We're very proud of him and he goes with our best wishes.
"Ryan Strain, the same. He was unheard of. We managed to bring him in and [he became] another Australia international."
Robinson added: "Charles Dunne has been terrific, he's been with me for a long period of time. Charles is going on to pastures new.
"We wish these three boys nothing but luck, they know I'm always at the end of the phone to help them."
Image source, SNSRyan Strain and Keanu Baccus have both played their last game for St Mirren
Keanu Baccus, Charles Dunne, Alex Greive and Ryan Strain will all leave St Mirren this summer when their contracts expire, the club have announced.
Australia midfielder Baccus has already signed for English side Mansfield Town on a two-year deal.
Fellow Socceroos international Strain scored five goals in 64 appearances for the club, while Dunne played 91 games.
Striker Greive scored nine goals in 76 appearances and spent the second half of this season on loan at Dundee United as they earned promotion back to the top flight.
Meanwhile, loanees Jaden Brown, Zach Hemming and Hyeok-kyu Kwon all return to their parent clubs.
The Buddies have offered 35-year-old Ryan Flynn a player-coach role, and have also proposed new deals to Luke Kenny and Gallagher Lennon.
