When teams are higher the numbers get lower. Leagues and CL operate with fixed numbers so obviously there will eventually be a mismatch between the number of same level teams and the fixed numbers required - for leagues thats 14 or 2x14 or 3x14....cl its 32 or 2x32 or 3x32 ..... etc. You can resist the explanation as much as you want but it doesn't make it wrong.