Brooks Mileson would not sponsor the present set-up

Relegated Livingston are heading a group of clubs who want to set up their own feeder division to the SPL.

And Mileson, whose side are entering Division One for the first time, told BBC Sport: "In my opinion, the game in Scotland needs a major restructuring.

"We need to do something before Scottish football fades away."

Division One clubs were invited to a Friday meeting by a steering group involving Livingston, Clyde and Hamilton Accies.

But not all the division's 10 clubs were willing to attend the gathering, which was cancelled after the SFL invited them all to talks on Monday.

There's a way of getting a mandate to take to the Scottish Football Association Dundee chief executive Dave MacKinnon

Mileson says his club has not been involved in the breakaway plans.

"I don't know the detail of it and Monday's meeting is for club chairman only, so I won't be there," he said.

"But the SFL has no sponsor and no pyramid system, so there's no way forward for forward-thinking junior clubs."

Mileson has sponsored the Northern League through his own companies, while his investment has helped Gretna move from that English league to two runaway titles in a row in Scotland.

He has considered sponsoring the SFL but said: "I would certainly not be interested in the structure as it is now."

There have been suggestions that the breakaway league has a sponsor waiting in the wings.

Television involvement through Setanta, which already broadcasts the Scottish Premier League, has also been mooted.

The breakaway, involving up to 12 clubs, could be restricted to full-time outfits with grounds of a minimum 6,000 capacity.

But SFL bosses have warned that they will fight any breakaway and stressed that it would require a two-year notice period from those clubs wishing to form a new league.

But new Dundee chief executive Dave MacKinnon said: "I'm a great advocate of going through the proper channels, but I feel there's a way that we can do it.

"There's a way of getting a mandate to take to the Scottish Football Association."

MacKinnon had been disappointed that the SFA's own proposal to allow junior clubs into the Scottish Cup had been voted down by "self-interest" among SFL clubs.

"Several clubs believe it is time to make the First Division something that clubs aspire to," he said.

"We need change to prevent Scotland becoming a football backwater."