I read the article. They definitely need to make it easier for new teams -- they throw them into division IV where they get systematically humiliated, and it shouldn't be a surprise a lot them decide this game's not for them. But I don't know what promoting more teams will really do. My experience is most demoted teams dominate the next season and go right back up again. I don't know what a promoted team's chances of staying up the first time they get promoted.
But as for myself, I have to thank the blue conference for the amazing hospitality shown me in my five-plus seasons up here. I'd have been demoted a long time ago if not for you guys. Here's my record by season against each conference.
Season 33 6-2 5-9
34 3-5 5-9 (huh?)
35 6-2 8-6
36 8-0 2-5
I honestly could not have done it without you.