That's fine is they want to play park footy but you can't just say you're content in playing footy within their means and not be aiming for professionalism and then want to participate in the Rugby League World Cup. But that is why we need unification so that there are more teams so those who want to just participate can do so and those that strive for more are in a seperate comp. .
Taking Spinners hypothetical post into consideration, This maybe already established, but get a committee of members from both leagues (which I think has already happened). And then as a group come up the most important aspects of being an organized, respectable and competitive club. You could then score each teams on a ten point scale. You can then rank the teams according to this audit of sorts. 10 highest scoring teams make the premier division and the rest now have specific guidelines and have a good idea of what they need to improve on to achieve full membership status the next year. You could conduct this as a blind audit, and even have a 3rd party conduct it. ( I'm sure this is not an original idea lol)
The teams that clearly make it IMO are the Fight, Jax, Knights, WildCats. I've seen all of their facilities and they seem to be at the front of the pack.
Then You have RIR, and the Bulls, only reason I put RIR outside of the "locks" is that that I heard an Unverified rumor that there is an issue with their field dimensions (maybe Larry can confirm, but I've never been there). And the Bulls lack a strong web presence.
Next group includes teams that have good history and should probably be in if they make some specific attainable improvements. However, they do have some issues, such as, forfeited games, or been beaten by 100 points, or have a field with out lockers or bathrooms. Slayers are probably in the best position of this group but I haven't played their since the split and don't remember them having lockers but playing in a pretty cool location. Others are Dragons, Eagles, Sharks, 13s, Raiders, and the Baltimore Blues. Not sure where the Brooklyn Kings stack up, but I'm interested to see how they go through the application process. It seems that a new start up team would have an easier time meeting the AMNRLs more lax requirements. One thing that the AMNRL does well is help newer teams in regards to travel, expenses, ect and allow them to build a foundation with out being hit with large entry fees or fear of harsh punishment for not meeting certain criteria, I'm aware this has its drawbacks as well.