club vs franchise?
i would venture to suggest that if we just had a basic winter structure in place; 10 teams in a national league with 3 regional leagues underneath it and promo/releg. etc with only basic player regulations in place and very little governance, etc, the playing standard and general appeal of the league would eclipse that of the current national league almost immediately and it would continue to improve over the next 5 years as the rich dudes finance their teams into the national league.
but the real question is can we do better and let's face it, we might need to if the phoenix get the archer from the a-league and i fear that this might be what the review is actually all about