Lower level vs higher level - How to survive?

[woopypooky]

It's not possible to compete against SOME active managers a level above you when they are truly playing.
And it only takes you to cross paths with 1 of them.

That is what I meant. For the past 4-5 seasons I been having the same problem. Half of them lot are active. (How can a team at level 33 with 85% starting quality not be active?).But I didnt create thread because this is first time I got dunked out in first round. I been spending tokens and watching ads until now I realise how stupid I was.
This is the laziness or limitation of the game engine. They just lump all same quality 100 % together regardless of level and didnt realise that level 32 going from 100% to 120% compared to level 33 going from 80% to 100% aren't the same thing/effort.

What they should be doing is level 32 at 100% drawn with level 33 at 90/95%. At least make the lower level a bit of 5% headstart. Because lower level teams need time to train players and buy scouts.

But no, the higher level club gets better headstart as some are 108% on the first day.