Similarly, if you open up a national comp (The "New" NRC or TNNRC
) where any club can apply for a licence, to field a team you instantly create a tier system that will end up like English Premier Rugby i.e. the 12 clubs on the inside are basically never getting kicked out. The clubs in the second tier need to have a certain size membership base, ground seating size etc in order to be considered, and can't get there on what they have. Well, short of a billionaire patron...
The clubs who aren't in the position to integrate into that comp immediately become outsiders for the rest of time. And look you could argue that has happened anyway in terms of who is capable of taking out Shute Shield, but this would probably exacerbate things overall.
What is the role then of the next tier?
Play for promotion/relegation against TNNRC bottom placed team(s)?
Become feeder clubs?
How many tiers can that financial model support?
What happens to things like Subbies in Sydney which is another level down?