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But the basic issue is still that there is what I consider to be a reasonable and easy to implement solution which is that no team should start at higher than Div. III.

A player playing against BOT teams only will not last at this game.
That is what will happen due to your suggestion.

The solution is to put a cap, like there is in the NBA.
Making each league competitive, and also by that users will stay longer.

Thats nonsense. Bashing bots is way better then getting it in your b**** every game against established teams...

NBA needs a cap because of economic reasons, size of markets and so on AND is a closed environment, no pro- or demomtion possible.

please stay on topic

[A player playing against BOT teams only will not last at this game.
That is what will happen due to your suggestion.

They will promote after one season into a league with humans. When you start play, you don't really know the difference between bots and humans and you are very happy with a 5 or 10 game winning streak. You have some time to build your arena, get a couple of players and learn about tactics. In the current system, you are up against monster teams with salaries that are 10 times yours with arenas that can maintain that.
I guarantee that you will have more interest if you start with 5 straight wins than if you are crushed by 80 points in every single game. I really see no downside to starting in one lower division.

With a starting team if someone is slow to learn, they will lose against bots anyway. Not that I disagree with y9our point at all. I agree 100% its better they start playing bots. Gives them time to figure stuff out. By the teim they want to play humans for a challenge they will promote!

I doubt that you can lose to a bot team with the roster given to you at the beginning. Even if that is the case, a small amount of money to buy a cheap veteran will turn you into a contender.

1) Playing against BOT teams will not be exiting for the user.
BOT teams are really bad here.

2) After a single season those teams will be promoted to the same II division, and will suffer from the same things, and thus... leave.

The numbers of the community proves that there are as many users leaving the game as there are those who joins it.
Guess why.

3) Each team value (Roster's value, Arena cost, etc.) is something that grows over time. At least until a very high peak.

This is proven by the members of the first division's teams.
[Reminder at 3 of the largest leagues (France, Spain and Italy) there where only teams from season 4 or older at that upper division. Those BB-nation are a quarter of the size of BB-community]

Hence, a user who will join the game to a league who consists old teams will feel he just can't compete (no salary cap), and hence will leave the game.

4) Demotion and promotion does not prove the salary cap will not work. That argument is poor as well as saying that it only work on USA soil.
This nonsense argument is used without example because it just has no ground.
Each league promotion or demotion means that the promoted/demoted team needs to perform accommodation.
Those caps are part of it.