Leveling up and tanking

[Toxcatl]

I think both of you are making valid points. JCohen is spot on with his analysis -- getting promoted implies playing better teams, and thus your players capability must decrease initially when the quality of play is higher (i.e., I was a ringer in adult recreation leagues, but only an average college player). Toxcatl's frustrations are also valid -- getting promoted shouldn't be punitive to the value of your players. Promotion should not decrease the value of a player; only age / declining skill set should decrease it.

I'm not saying that players should't suffer from relative quality loss when the team is getting a promotion. They should. Absolute quality of players in Top Eleven never goes down, it doesn't decrease on promotion, only relative quality does. And this is not the problem, it's only a logical thing.
The problem is there is no single reason to get promoted. In real football there're reasons to go to the higher league, but in Top Eleven going higher gives us big fat nothing.
I'd better stay on my current level and be successful in Asso games than go higher for... hm, for what? Why should I go higher? Give me at least one reason.
Why do you do it? Satisfaction? Successful Asso, Cup and CL games gives more. The number next to your name? What else is there?

I feel kind of powerless to explain my point better than I did in so many words before v_v
*Toxcatl tries to summon currently tanking managers to the thread*