Spoken like a true Tommy token. This is the price you pay for spending tokens!!!
No matter what cup format, it will be unfair to someone. You will always have higher levels owning lower levels. The way it is now, i think it is more fair for everyone. A "level field of unfairness", if I could put it that way, which I just did.
Tommy token has more of a chance to meet stronger quality in the cup now. It makes no difference to non-token buyers, as they go on as normal and face higher quality like nothing has changed.
To be honest, I enjoy the fact that Tommy token is facing higher level Tommy token in the cup now. I like that they face even low quality higher level teams that just have to upgrade a few players to blow them away. Gives a little warmth to my heart to know that they feel a bit like a non-token buyer when they go up against a Tommy token.
Congrats Nordeus: you got the cup format right.
BUT, I think you should set limits on players such that once your team is entered, only those that entered the first game can play through to the final. Yes, cup-tying. It wont stop the power trainers but it will stop the scout buyers and bring a little bit more fairness to the cup.