I agree with this. I know a few Junior sides that feel making the step up will ruin them. The best junior side from the West is Auchinleck Talbot, could you imagine them having to travel to Elgin and Peterhead every other saturday. A lot of the fans from the Juniors and EOS,SOS leagues would like the option to deny promotion, I'm not sure how the highland league are taking this but they do not feel making the step up is worth it at this moment. This could be a problem and would make a mockery of the set up in suggestion.
The lower 18 should be regionalised into two leagues of 10, automatically promoting two non league sides to make up the difference geographically.
But its ok for Berwick to travel to Peterhead just now. They wouldn't be travelling those distances every week anyway.
The junior teams should have the option to opt out.