Given that, at the time of signup all teams were in compliance with the league rules and restrictions I'm now of the opinion there shouldn't really be penalties at all for people getting promoted.
I think the issue is this league was BSGP instead of BSG.
For example, if it were BSG and there were no plats... during the season the same people (who were compliant at the start) keep playing regardless of promotions until the end of the season.
The winner is the team / people who worked the hardest at improving (and naturally their league shall reflect this).
Isn't this league here to promote practice and improvement? We shouldn't therefore be penalising teams for doing exactly that.
After the season anyone non-compliant with BSG would not be allowed to join in this tier the next season but rather a higher one, leaving BSG as BSG (until people smash out the promotions, ultimately serving the purpose of the league).
To that end, if all teams were compliant at the start we should IMO be allowed to play the season out till the end - the only question being, should restrictions on higher leagued players be altered to reflect the large skill increases across all teams?
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-Terror Australis SEACL T5 Team Captain.
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