Probably both - Beccs doesnt want another bench season and RVW wont want a bench season which he's likely to get - ship out for their sakes and ship in for our sakes
To be honest I'm not overly surprised.
As professionals they want to play and to win some bling. To achieve the latter they need a top six team. Only Ruddy perhaps could achieve that and that would be as a back up.
The crystal clear alternative is another seasons relegation dogfight with the also rans. Even they may not offer regular exercise.
The press may like to over play the significance of playing in the premiere. As we've seen the stark reality is that there are 30 teams straggling the two top divisions that at any time could fill one of the top section no hopers.