There are quite a few teams in the Pro's that were PURCHASED this season. They didn't fight their way up through the ranks etc, they just bought their way in.
I for one chose the SE Asia AA when I could have bought an AAA or Pro team because I wanted to make that "journey" up the ranks, have some history battling through the playoffs etc etc with my personnel and learn the game as a team.
We won the AA championship that first season and moved up to AAA.
We've gone 16-0 in AAA and averaged 62 points for and 6 against.
Aside from a few match ups, the league has been less than challenging.
We happen to be in a conference that also has 2 other super star teams that could on any given day beat us. 15-1 Ho Chi Mean and 14-2 Manila(2 losses against the 16-0 and 15-1 team)
These 3 teams could give the current pro teams a run for their money THIS season if we were in the same division. I'm not even including the quality teams on the Alpha side...
But since only 1 team from each conference can move up... no matter what... A lot of stellar teams will be forced to dick around in AAA for 3+ seasons just to move up to a division where they could be contenders from day 1.
Why?
Because some folks were able to buy their way in and some folks have to earn their way in?
Word on the street is that they are going to be re-organizing the South American and Southeast Asian brackets and adding an African bracket.
If SE Asia is to be restructured/balanced, NOW is the time to do it.
All we are after is competitive leagues that are fun and challenging and interesting. Forcing stud teams to wait 3+ seasons while lesser teams stick around and get blown out is retarded.
We are tired of blowing out other teams and want competition, some of you however, seem to want to keep the less competitive teams around because they are not a threat to you and you can pad your stats w/ easy wins and have a better chance at winning a championship.
You need to grow a pair because we're coming to get ya.