I don't play those **** asso tournaments anymore, but if I may add some thought's. Basically, it would be very trivial
to make fair competitions within the various associations.

By creating divisions based on the league results of the association members you could almost completely
get rid of manipulations. Actually, there are divisions ranging from bronze to platinum. One may simply put
only associations, who's members (all of them...) place within the top 4 within the league into platinum,
the 5-8 placed within gold divisions, and the remaining tankers and **** the bed teams into the lowest one...

Of course, the number of members per asso would have to be limited to just 4 players.

That would mean, only the top teams can get and remain within platinum, as all members need to finish
the league within the first 4, e.g. within the CL places. If just one of the members fails, down into gold division.

For the rest of the pack, basically the same. Of course, you would need to compute an average for all members
by assigning points to their respective league position. Much less headache and just plain and simple - fair!

Well, at least it sounds fair and simple, but I do realize that is too much of math for the makers of this game...