NRLW players now have fewer opportunities to play than when state competitions ran before the NRLW season.
Those state competitions now overlap with the NRLW and serve as reserve grade, whereas players previously could appear in up to 25 games a year.
Extending the home-and-away season by five or six weeks would give players more time together and help develop combinations and skills.
The proposed change would create a 16- or 17-week season, strengthening the quality of the competition and its product.
Expansion of the NRLW should focus first on a longer competition, rather than adding teams to its existing 12-team format.
The 11-week home-and-away season is too short, while retaining 12 teams would preserve a high-quality talent pool.
These are among the issues facing Peter V'landys, Rugby League's first Executive Chairman, as the game enters a pivotal period.
With an expanding competition and a record broadcast rights deal, the game has the potential to lift the women's competition to new heights.