The apparent demise of ITV Digital and its knock-on effect on Football League clubs should serve as a wake-up call to both broadcasters and professional soccer.

Fewer than 20 years ago, TV viewers were limited to just three channels.

With the onset of channels four and five and satellite and cable TV, we have more than 60 channels.

On most Sundays, the average viewer is presented with a choice of anything up to four live soccer matches.

This is unsustainable and borders on saturation. If the situation is not altered, ITV Digital will be the first of many to come to an inglorious end.

Soccer's problems are in many ways similar. In this age of greater European competition and the ever widening gulf between Premiership and Football League, can England and Wales sustain 92 professional football clubs?

If the TV money is not forthcoming, it is feared at least half a dozen clubs will be placed in administration.

Soccer has to live in the real world. Perhaps if the clubs in the lower divisions were to make some of their players and staff semi-professional it would reduce the crippling wage bills.

The players and the Professional Footballers' Association must accept that when a club is relegated the players and employees of that club must accept a cut in salaries to help survive in a lower league and in tighter circumstances.

Until 1958, the two lower divisions were regionalised. This dramatically cut travelling costs for teams and fans.

It is estimated the cost to a club for an overnight stay is £5,000. Regional divisions would reduce this figure considerably.

I am a soccer fan. As such, I want the game to survive at all levels. For this to happen, things must be done now.

-Richard J Szypulski, Tavistock Down, Brighton