Putting new teams into the top league is just pathetic, stupid, disgusting and ruins the game for everyone.
For the new team going into the top league means that they get destroyed every single week by a massive amount, the salary floor means that they aren't even making any money so what do they do. They think this is a stupid game and they quit.
For the old teams it makes it impossible to reach the top league. In Nippon 2.1 there are probably 4-5 teams deserving promotion to the JBBL. The last team from 2.1 promoted fumoffu platoon in sitting on 4-0 in the JBBL and the previous team promoted from 2.1 the Sharman Flamethrowers won the JBBL championship AND the Nippon Cup last season.
Even for the old strong JBBL teams this is a problem. Some teams have to face tough competition every week in the Great 8 while the teams in the Big 8 just get a string of teams they can smash with their reserves on TIE. 5th in Big 8 second top salary is $11,000, 5th in Great 8 second top salary $185,000.
Instead pathetic teams from 2.3 and 2.4 that wouldn't have a hope of even reaching the playoffs in 2.1, get promoted and our chances in 2.1 of another team getting promoted are snatched away as the bot in the JBBL is replaced by a team that will in no time decide that this is a stupid game because they have been started in the top league, and quit. Meanwhile the massive log jam in 2.1 just continues is only improved when other teams quit the game because they realise they have virtually no prospects of ever reaching the JBBL while watching new teams get created there and quit in frustration.
This is a clear example of a lose/lose situation with a very easy solution.
Last edited by Lord Toranaga at 8/12/2011 9:43:54 PM