I see a solution for all championship clubs this way.
First at the beginning of any 3 year period a set criteria for all is made by the RFL.
This criteria should ideally be the same for every club, a level playing field gives everyone an equal chance and is the fairest way to go.
Each club knows exactly what it has to do to be awarded a license and depending on how they stand at this time areas of improvment are agreed between the club and the RFL.
During the 3 year period the criteria cannot be changed by the RFL without consultation an agreement with all the clubs involved.
This ensures that the clubs do not spend funds on what are identyfied as requirments at the outset only to become outdated, no longer required or replaced by new requirments part way through the process.
It also diffuses the perception that the RFL tamper and manipulate the rules and criteria to suit their own agenda.
After the 3 year period any club that has achieved the aformentioned goals and ticked all the agreed criteria should then be automatically awarded a license.
As it stands at the moment this is not the case as the existing Super League clubs can effectively vito any new clubs by capping the number of clubs allowed in Super League.
This will not be an easy thing to get through as it will mean that the existing Super League clubs will get a smaller slice of the pie.
However if this cap remains in place then the incentive to invest in time and money for 3 years and another 3 years and another 3 years etc without any guarantee of success will kill of the game outside Super League very quickly.
The final number of clubs will balance out gradually over a period of time and will not become excessive as only the best will be able to achieve the set criteria, it may end up at 16 clubs.
All Championship clubs are affected by the current unclear, unfair system that if left as it is promises them nothing.
A united front at BOD level is where pressure from ALL Championship clubs can be put on the RFL.
One club on their own will be most likely be ignored but if the mesage is loud and clear from all or most of the clubs the RFL will have to take notice.
This scenario or something closely to it is a real possibilty and needs to be explored to have any chance of keeping the game alive outside S/L.