Southern bias?

Scunthorpe beat Millwall 3-2 in a cracking match at Wembley this afternoon to win the L1 play-offs and promotion to the Championship. I say it was a cracking match but I don't know for certain because, foolishly, I watched the F1 procession from Monaco instead. Seventy-odd laps and not one overtaking manouvre. Anyway, Millwall remain in L1, which leaves the division with a severe southern bias next season:

Charlton
Southampton
Southend
Leyton Orient
Colchester
Brighton
Bristol Rovers
Brentford
Yeovil
Exeter
Wycombe
Swindon
Gillingham
MK Dons
Millwall
Walsall
Norwich

That leaves the following clubs out on a limb oop north:

Oldham
Stockport
Carlisle
Hartlepool
Leeds
Tranmere
Huddersfield

Funnily enough Carlisle and Oldham's chairmen just this week called for the re-introduction of regional leagues - the old Division 3 North and Div 3 South, as in years gone by. I always thought this would be a good idea when we were stuck in the Conference as I assumed it would provide an easier route to get into the football league, but I've changed my mind since. Who would want to swap fixtures against Leeds, Nottingham Forest or Leicester City for matches against the likes of Aldershot, Wycombe or Colchester (for example)? The chairmen argue that the costs of travelling long distances and staying overnight are prohibitive and that regional matches would mean more derby games and bigger crowds, leading to greater revenue, but I'm not so sure. Would Bristol Rovers (for example) sellout our away end each time if we played them 4 times a season instead of twice? Wouldn't familiarity lead to a certain amount of ennui, if not contempt? And the costs argument just doesn't add up. From memory the chairmen were claiming that travel and overnight costs came to some £80-90,000 per season - or around the average wage for one L1 player. If they are serious about cutting costs then the first place to start would be the wage bill. Clubs are still paying ridiculous amounts to quite average players - that's what needs to be addressed before far-reaching and radical changes such as regionalisation are even considered.