a bot clean up promotion which is what your hinting at here is decided purely by the teams record compared to other teams records that also didnt win promotion via finals win. in general the teams that get promoted this way will have gone undefeated for the season or at the very most lost 1 game.
as for ezy promoting there is somewhat a good chance of it happening though i think matt may prove a tough semi final assuming both make it that far.
as for me im still content on just chilling in this league for a season or 2 until my passion for the game returns , currently im enjoying training up my young guys so thats enough for me.
i am sitting on a nice bed of money though and while currently i have no intention to promote im pretty sure with a few purchases i could do so somewhat easily.
a few posts up i read that someones going on holiday and needed to decide what skill to train.
simply put if you cant get internet access , n dont have a phone with net capabilities where you can get on n book scrimmages n train your guys right then you need to cashin on them now while there young and a solid amount of the season still remains before they age a year n there value decreases , if your going to screw them up with sub optimal training or in this case pretty much useless training then its better to cut your losses sell the guys , save your money, invest a little more in the draft, n come start of next season see what you draft , then pick up how ever many 18 yr old superstar+ trainees you need - in general 3. with the cash left either upgrade your team , or pump up your arena.
in summary there is no point in keeping trainees if your not going to train them effectively.