First of all iv been a bit busy since coming to this league and haven't had time to get involved much on the forums. well here we go....
No way other leagues are this bad.
This is easy compared to my last Div 3 league , The top 3 teams in this league have between 160k - 170k team salaries, in my last Div 3 there was about 5 teams with 200k+ team salaries, and i had about 250k team to win and another team had about 270k ish witch i still beat. So you can see how hard it will be in Div 2 with a 160k team. There is a team there this season with a 320k team, i don't know how he can afford that.
When i was in Div 2 last season i had a 7-0 start and could of easily stayed in Div 2 But as peaceNroll said had low development potential. I was never going to come close to winning Div 2, So i started to rebuild and that's why im here.
As you can see i have 3 trainees 2 X 19yo MVP's and a 22 SF i am training at PG and is flogging you all in League Leaders - Average Points Per Game.
You need to plan more long term and less short term, everyone can get promoted to Div 2 But the difference is getting there and getting relegated straight away or getting there and staying there and having a team to continue on developing into a Div 1 team. There is no point spending 5 seasons or so slowly upgrading bit by bit. in the long run it is a waste of 5 seasons. Trust me been there done that.
Also Don't assume like someone said, Team A and B will be hard to beat because they have at least 1.5 mil in the bank. there are always more teams with a lot more money than you think!!!! And i can guarantee that.
here a few tips....
Don't waste time training anything less than allstar.
Invest in the arena earlier on while you have money and not later on when you have a big salary and no money.
Have at least a minimum 4 seasons plan, you cant train good players with anything less unless you spend a lot to buy them in the first place.
Using a teams salary to work out how good they are is a mistake, a better trained team will always have a lower salary than a team that is not well trained.
Hope this help someone.