so in Israel D.I we have the same problem 3 teams want to finish 5 and rather finish 6 then 4 i am going to finish 3 and i feel cheated from it

the solution is simple in my eyes as the problem come from the fact that 5 place do not pay sallerys for one week (in my league it is abut 700 at average) if you move the economic update till after the first game of the playoff AI Tuesday-Wednesday you remove the problem as the 5 place get to pay the same sallerys that 3-4 place pay if they drop from the playoffs after one game
the one problem with it is the fact that it "screw" the team that lose in the semi
this can be fixed by changeing the ratio of the income to 2/3 for the home and away teams (the home team still have HCA so they still get something from their place)
Get your facts firs then you can distort them as you please. Mark Twain