We also would like feedback on our B3 Champion "Lifetime Participation" policy. Currently we only allow former B3 Champions that are ranked below 1000 join the competition. For next season we are proposing to decrease the limit to rank 500 and below and will continue to fine tune this each season. I'd love input from B3 participants and champions on what they think about this though.
This is where I have to come out and say that I am completely against "Lifetime Participation". That is a very big distortion of competition. I was eliminated in this edition with a record of 5 wins and 3 losses, because there are simply too many teams left. Some of them benefit that some such teams with "Lifetime Participation" are still in the competition and yet have a glaringly weak squad. I know that would break a tradition, but B3 needs to move forward in a positive way and place a higher priority on sportsmanship.
There are no sporting reasons why such teams are in this competition. Winning B3 is reward enough.
For this purpose, such teams that are B3 participants, and yet have "abandoned the squad". I would like to see a rule that prescribes that such teams are excluded from the current edition, for example when they have dropped 500k in salary costs. This can be determined weekly during a financial update.