Is this bad sportsmanship, cheating or fair play?

[shaidar74]

I am in a competitive league, a number of teams on and around 100% quality (only level 8), with one team with over 120% quality who is leading and probably will win.

Every win is important, every loss to an opponent is important.

There is a game tonight (Brisbane Australia time 11:30pm) between the top ranked team (120+% quality) vs the 4th rank team (97% quality). Both teams i think are friends as they are often supporting each other in their respective matches.

I am currently 3rd on the table, only 2 points ahead of 4th by the way, so yes i do have a vested interest in the outcome of this match.

When i looked at the upcoming fixture, the top guy has put all of his reserves and training players who are all 1 star players into to his line up. So instead of being a 120% vs 97% match up, it is now a 18% vs 97%.

Attached his bench for this match and the teams starting line up.