Yes but you also forget to mention the near $1 mil in pokie money you get. Do not understate the significance of that. You give that to Otago (and across a winter league team in disguise as Otago) and I bet they could field an O League team just fine and probably win it. Also if ACFC fail to make the O League this year (and the way they are playing its a possibility) then you will see players move to Waitakere.
Be careful what you gloss over.
I don't know where you plucked this $1 million in pokie money from - that's nonsense, it's substantially less than that.
However I agree about the dangers of not making the O League this year. It's going to be a cracking playoff series.