I've made a short (not that short...) research and wanted to see how many teams that had joined BB later than seasons-4 exists on DIV-1 (both conferences) of thier BB nation.
Here are the interesting results (This is an enhancement to information I've brang before, and basically shows the same), they are ordered upon their size;
1) Spain - 4468 users, all teams have joined not later than season-4.
This means that out of 17 seasons there isn't even a single representative to any of the last 13 seasons!!!
2) Italy - 4243 users, all teams have joined not later than season-4.
3) Poland -3633 users, only three teams (out of 16) had joined later than season-4. Two of the three got promoted to this league only now.
4) USA - 2794 users, 6 teams had joined later than season-4, three of them joined this season.
5) France - 2422 users, all teams have joined not later than season-4.
6) Germany - 977 users, all teams have joined not later than season-4.
So we see that out of 17 seasons that had been completed, the amount of teams on DIV-I over those leagues, that have joined the BB prior of season-4 is small, to say the least. On the verge of non-existing.
Previously I've taken a look on the ABBL league ("great 8" conference).
On that research I've focused on what have happened to the teams who had been on the first division of ABBL on season-4.
The answer had been that teams that left this league on that season can be clasified under one of the following:
a) A team that their manager was not good enough, and who played on this division only on that season.
b) A team that had left the game from this league, or after being relegated from it.
Summarizing, there is a problem with current system.
Competition is defined a lot by the time one had joined the game.
Of course that a bad BB-manager would not survive on the first division.
But being a good one will not be enough comparing another user with the same skills and even less, but who joined the game prior to your team.
This is due to the fact that the amount of assets (money, players value, etc.) just grows each year, and the advantage of richer teams just grows.
Last edited by Pini פיני at 11/9/2011 3:52:27 PM