I knew Nomads would be keen. But what if someone like Parklands won it, and then decided they didn't want to go Premier League. Or Western's 3rd team won it? (They got 3rd last year!) Would a West Coast or Nelson team go in automatically?
I am sure the rules say only the League winners can enter the play-offs.
If only one team wanted to come up (and they have won their respective league) then one would assume it would be automatic promotion.
It was be interesting to see what happen for the 2013 season and the automatic relegation for the MPL was for three seasons only (2010 - Burnside, 2011, Nomads, 2012 ???) then to be reviewed.