Sorry but the although the main ideia is important the term "punish" itself begins this thread the wrong way...

There is a sugestion in the forum i think its most aporpriate, if your team i higher than 140% the no matter what your position in the league is you are automatically promoted, this way you would kind of have a top level for a tem.

Also in a competition there shouldn't be a larger diference than 20% in the teams strenaght in the begining of the season, all most have noticed Nordeus is considering that making cometition acording to your strenght.