Quote: wrencat1873 "so what should we have in future ?'"
Normal P&R wasn't working either tbf and licensing in some ways looked (on paper) a reasonable compromise - not closing the door on ambitious championship clubs, while also offering more stability - in theory. But it's ended up as the worst of both worlds - we don't have a control experiment, but clubs are still falling over too often and those outside SL have neither faith in the system or much hope that they might replace an incumbent. Understandably IMO.
The other options that I can see are:
1. A return to one up one down each year, while narrowing the financial gap between the top flight and the second tier so relegation isn't a life-threatening catastrophe and promotion looks a bit less like a poisoned chalice. The SL2 model that is proposed from time to time would be one version. Unlikely - in the absence of new money (that elusive panacea), it'd be a redistributive solution - pigs'll fly first.
2. A three year P&R cycle. Points accumulated over 3 seasons determine who goes up and down. Fewer complaints about meaningless games, or '1 bad year' ruining a club. Not so many unpleasant choices for the governing body to make - they thought they were taking on powers, when actually all they got were responsibilities. That'd be my preference.
3. An NRL model, openly and honestly admitting that the door to the top flight is closed and clubs should make arrangements accordingly - some/most championship clubs likely to become barely-autonomous reserve grade teams.