I thought we were having a pretty good discussion myself. I guess I shouldnt have used the Italians as an example, again I only did because they are the biggest.
I will never understand why someone complains about the point of a post, and then proceeds to trash the discussion. Personally I see no need to be rude, especially on an international level. Saying that an entire country messed up is rude, sorry Badgirl.
The point of this post for me is to help me learn and understand the game better from all angles, and to share my perspective as well. Plenty of other posts.
I see your point that New teams from small team based countries are farther behind thier competition than a new team from say Poland who start in a lower comparable division. However again, I'd gladly switch places with them. They dont have to really worry about relegation as there isnt anywhere to go. They too can build thier arena very fast without having to actually compete (at first) and they start out making DI money. Heck, if they plan it right they can bounce between DI and DII (mostly bots) a couple times and gain the big bonus money too. Someone from Italy pointed out that in order to build up his arena, he will fall behind on talent and be relagated, where he may never return. Teams from very small countries dont have this worry.