A report detailing the advantages of increasing the number of teams in the Premier Division from eight to ten is about to be completed and handed over to executives of Bermuda Football Association (BFA).

Charles Clarke, chairman of the BFA's Leagues and Competitions Committee, said that some progress had been made by his committee about the restructure of the top flight but he wouldn't detail any of the recommendations.

"All I can say at this time is that we are making progress and soon should be taking our findings to the executive and then we shall see how everything goes," said Clarke. "But as far as things stand now it's still a situation where we have two teams promoted to the Premier Division from the First and two relegated from the Premier to the First."'

It's not known what prompted the BFA to consider a move back to ten teams in the Premier Division, nor how many of the club affiliates support the recommendation.

However, the majority of clubs would likely agree to a bigger Premier Division as that would enable a greater number of them to benefit from increased gate receipts from both league and cup competitions.

Clarke's committee also need to decide how many teams should operate in the First Division and how best the changes should be implemented if the recommendations are met with approval.

While the structure of the two top divisions appears to be a priority, the committee are also considering streamlining cup competitions such as the Friendship Trophy and the Dudley Eve.

Some affiliates have called for the Friendship to be scrapped altogether, especially since its gate receipts pale in comparison to other competitions, while a suggestion has been made for the Dudley Eve, currently played between the top six teams over the Christmas holidays, to instead be played between the winners of two selected cup competitions from the previous season.

"As far as the cup competitions are concerned we haven't got to that yet, we probably will have something on those next month," said Clarke.

"The Premier Division is our main concern, but you also have to look at finding teams to come up to the First Division. Right now you have nine. It's going to be a bit of a challenge, we have to consider so much."