Isn't the same. Remember that without play FAs with a 2nd team -like we used to do in the IC - the regular season competitions and the FAs go hand in hand, affecting each other.
What happens from now on with this change is a leveling of the AvQ, having the teams inside a close quality rank, preventing stuck 9* teams to have the hegemony that gives them their dominant position as a tankers.
It brings fluency to the teams quality which will not be stuck for seasons, if you manipulate by reducing the avq to 79% the first season day, and 6 more teams in your league do the same, the average teams quality tank goes to a lower level, that is more reachable for your competitors, creating a close envoironment where to play.
Having less stuck teams means that people will have to pay more attention to the players behavior, learn about the internal roles assigned to the players, internal programming, test players and learn a bit more about matches scenario lecture. Instead of seeing how a team have a win by a default K.O. given by the quality margin in a fixed way.
I like the new shields btw... cool designs
