They could do something radical like have two A-League "conferences"- one for "franchise", multicultural clubs and the other exclusively for the "ethnic" monocultural clubs. That might get other ethnic clubs excited about joining. The top, say, four teams from each conference could play off to decide the national champions.
Two teams, champions and runners up from each state, compete in a knockout comp for promotion to the A League. Problem solved, only discussion is one or two teams get promoted.
They could do something radical like have two A-League "conferences"- one for "franchise", multicultural clubs and the other exclusively for the "ethnic" monocultural clubs. That might get other ethnic clubs excited about joining. The top, say, four teams from each conference could play off to decide the national champions.
Two teams, champions and runners up from each state, compete in a knockout comp for promotion to the A League. Problem solved, only discussion is one or two teams get promoted.