The question nobody in this thread could answer so far is: why do established teams need to be protected from new teams catching up?
ROFL
You don't need to resort to bad faith.
The game is about building your franchise so no, you are not given 10M at the start. You don't seem to like this kind of games.
You will soon have loads of cash and with your experience, I don't believe you can't see it.
You don't even try to train two players despite that you could easily do it in your situation. You know that you don't need it, it will take many seasons for your trainees to reach the level required and in the meantime, you will have already bought all the players you need anyway. It's a matter of 2 or 3 seasons for you to win D.II.
You will be able to catch the best teams in D.I quicker, much quicker than in large leagues, if anything they are "less protected". Old teams are much less protected than before with the rising market.
Small leagues could do with improvements even if it's a rehashed topic. Again, choose your arguments well and make your case.