You may have a point about 38 points being too low but raising the points of bottom clubs won't change anything as the bottom teams weren't on the edge to begin with. It's the same as the salary cap, if it were raised to say $250,000 that doesn't help the clubs who can only raise $150,000 a year. If the points were lowered in the metro leagues though then it would allow for a filtering out of good players into the country areas. But there would need to be a statewide effort and plan to implement that properly
It is actually the cap at Metro level which is allowed the players to come out in the first place.
IF Every single comp had the ability to do what was best for that league (and screw the others), everyone’s caps would be sky high, and clubs in the bush would go under much quicker than they already are.