They were both right in that stance at the time, IMO.
What still rankles with me is the way it was twisted by a compliant media, in 2012, that us going into the then 1st division was our idea. It was the all the SPL's idea. They wanted us in 1st division, with the hope that we'd bounce straight back up, with a multi-window/season transfer ban, to protect their TV money. They wanted us as mid-table fodder, for the next few seasons, unable to buy players. They shat it when the SFL did the right thing and put us into the 3rd. The SFL at that point had the ace in the pack, for at least 3 years, when it came to TV rights. There was then the hurried league reconstruction, to come all under the one SPFL banner, only to get their mitts on the TV money.
We were then on TV, almost every second weekend, but only got paid the same pittance share as the other 3rd division teams were paid.