Originally posted by cavalier
Just found out that this is not how effective levels is calculated, even this is along the lines that Bort & Co have communicated.
I signed a dot to Alpine (with only two players having a lower EL than him) and he reduced the EL of the team.
Here's the thing.
If you have 31 players, then your EL will be based on your top 15 players. If you add 1 more player, the average is going to be based on your top 16 players, with the added player being lower EL than your average for 15. Thus, unless that added player has a higher EL than what your average was before, your EL will drop.