Originally posted by Nv1sion
So let's screw over the people who purchased losing teams even more? If you are truly as good as you claim to be, you'll make it up the ladder easily through the current system.
Why is now the time to restructure? We do not know if we will be receiving more brackets etc. (Which is likely since we happen to be a smaller league atm..)
Why are we only focusing on pro league? Clearly the AAA and AA leagues have teams that are awful too, oh yes because it really isn't about evening it out, it's about "I want to be in PRO and I want it NOW."
Edit: If one of your undefeated teams (Seattle) can lose to the 8th seed, the massive moveups aren't necessary. Just goes to show that your stellar teams are probably in the right division if they are still there next year.How is moving stud teams to pro and demoting questionable teams to AAA/AA screwing them over? If anything its putting them in their appropriate leagues where they can be successful against equal level competition.
Word has it that SE Asia and South America will be restructured similar to the European leagues.
We are focusing on the Pro leagues because the BEST teams in SE Asia should be in the Pro leagues. This includes any team with a 33-36+ over all rating from SE Asia A, AA, AAA etc with a strong record. Look at the top 4 teams in A, AA, and AAA. One could make a case that ALL of them are better than the bottom 12 teams in the Pro division.
Yet due to current mechanics, only 1 quality team from each division can move up per season... do the math... some of these teams that could compete and BEAT current Pro teams may not make it to the Pros for 6-7 seasons... Considering that players skills start to diminish after 10 seasons... and thats just ridiculous.
When owners/players/teams only have 10 seasons before there is a massive turn over and the team you own no longer has any of your own players or the original members players due to retirement, its time to start over and take that team down to the A divisions again I guess? So the time is NOW to get the balancing right, get the best teams playing the best teams, the time IS ticking and everyone is on the clock.
All of the expansion teams in Pro, AAA, AA, which have struggled should be moved down to the leagues they fit in and the stud teams should be moved up and manually BALANCED. They made a mistake in the way they handled adding expansion teams and the 100 point blow outs are prime examples of this.
I'd prefer to not go too deep in the Seattle deal, but I personally thought they were over rated, almost losing to a ton of teams with terrible records and never winning convincingly. Not the most dangerous 16-0 team and I know most of the people I spoke with were expecting a 1st or 2nd round "upset".
But don't worry, they've managed to secure themselves in the Pro's by finding a team willing to switch, so you'll get to beat them down next season!
