when i see it right you was 0 points ahead of place three.
And it won't get so much fairer if you change it, at least in the top of the division you should be able to beat a newcomer by a high margin even with a tie or max a normal(something i would think your eam could do also)
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean here.
I posted in this forum not to discuss about my particular mishap, it was just to illustrate the potential damages, that team subsitution could do in the last part of the season. The point of a championship is to mesure the overall performance of each team matching each others, obvioulsly it includes some luck factor, and I have no problems at accepting it, I play Go or Chess if I want a no luck game, actually its part of the fun. But if you change some teams during the course of the season, it breaks the whole thing. Especially if the team subsituted is of significantly different strength.
So my suggestion was to make teams substitutions if necessary at the end of a season third. So that each other team would face a similar challenge. And in the meantime I asked why the system doesn't play for the team, if necessary, but keeping it roster.
I also thought about your point about other possible tie breakers. Head to head comparison is a possibility, as you mention, it also as its own problem. Averaging the point difference is OK for me, as it balance the luck factor on more games. But it make sense if we all play again similar opponents. In my case, the subsitution resulted in a net 25-30pts free points for my competitors. In a different league situation it might not have mattered, but in our very specific case it meant a lot.
The others issue is about player fielding an incomplete team (most of the time because they are lazy, and don't update their default team after selling players or injuries). I can see reasons to do it in a scrimmage game. But to field less than 5 players in a competitive game when you have more operational on your roster seems really weird. It does happens IRL that a team doesn't field is best players, especially when it is in contention in various event, like championship plus cup plus continental cup. But I don't remeber seeing a team fielding less than the required number of players in any profesional sport. The team would be seriously fined, if it happened. Maybe again the system could force 5 players on the field. If someone is to be penalized, why wouldn't it be the offender?