none of it makes any sense at all. That's why I refuse to give money to these people, for a undeveloped game.

I think the only thing that makes sense, your players don't develop fast enough because, by the time you get promoted, they are not good enough any more, they didn't develop fast enough. Not a problem with the game, its just a way for you to go out and "buy" more players with your tokens. Or if your crazy enough spend your tokens on skill points. Maybe they will "turn up the volume" a little bit and let players develop more. Or maybe they won't.

This game has been fine tuned to maximise their profits. We can see that clearly by looking at the transfer system. 1 token per bid. Incredible.