Coco - I am glad you get my motivation. Many apologies about how events turned out, given our upcoming game.
Shikago: your "bad" example speaks to the same scenario you list above. However, I do not get much enjoyment from a high payroll beating out scrums, but that is not the situation here. Those are most obvious in the lower leagues, but in the NBBA, you will hardly see that kind of disparity. I do enjoy putting up a competitive game, which I feel this acquisition will help out with.
Also, I personally subscribe to Coco's sentiments that the higher payroll does not necessarily win, with my emphasis that this is especially true in the NBBA. It's how the skillsets mesh, not about how the salaries add up. Silverback's team is a great example of how a manageable payroll can be a perrenial contender.
In terms of skillsets meshing, I had to add more rebounding to my team. I gave up on rebounding on my way up here (tradeoffs to manage pays), and the only way I could add is to buy from the market. I also overinvested in inside offense, and my other inside player has improved to the point where I do not need such a overpowering presence inside on just one player. In fact, while this worked well in DII, this strategy fails considerably here are most teams have at least 1 monster defender capable of 1-on-1 coverage. The acquisition has much longer implications, with some short-term gains of being able to enjoy competitive games this week.
On the relegation, given the great disparity in income, I don't think many new DII teams can survive here in the NBBA, and to be honest, promotion is also a little of a lottery in that there are more good DII teams than spaces to promote. Based on this assumption, if I get to stay here with some of these moves, that is great. If not, I am sure to enjoy my time here, because it may not be again. Not making a move would constitute completely giving up, and what fun is there in that?