as suggested some time try to do cups of 3 levels per 3, can be a solution and if is needed to take more teams, as CL do when are not enough is ok... but do the cups bases in levels 1 to 3, 4 to 6 7 to 9 and try to respect this limit would at least give fair chances for a cup 1 of 3 seasons.
as I said here
http://forum.topeleven.com/top-eleve...rketing-3.html
I agree with that