I think the word voluntarily is mis-used and/or incorrect.

There are rules, and nowhere does it say that promotion is voluntary or a voluntary aspect.

You might say "calculated non-promotion" instead.

If they are going to base the game on real leagues and rules, then they should not modify the game to promote teams that are placing last in a league, regardless of level/skill.

Tanking is really the only way to compete without buying tokens. As soon as they remove this possibility, many manager will quit. This of course is a huge loss for Nordeus as they lose legitimate teams to compete with tokenbuyers. It means more bot teams and less actual competition.

Sucks for Nordeus to make stupid decisions just for a few more tokens...