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Having to wait until next season to promote isn't lost on me. I tried to beat an established IV in my first season up, and got my ass handed to me in the playoffs. I can relate to your example. That team went undefeated and promoted, and I had to play another season in IV. It made me better. I didn't deserve to promote because I wasn't the best team in MY league.

If you want to analyze all the teams who got stuck behind juggernauts, and had claw their way out of tough competition, go for it. It will happen every season. But don't tell me they deserve to get cleanup promotion based on their league strength. That's just undervaluing to teams who planned out their championship runs carefully albiet in weaker leagues. Their championships aren't a sham.

Besides, the men are separated from the boys through promotion, when the teams that weren't ready fall right down. The ones that got knocked around a bit in tough leagues usually stay up.

(http://www.buzzerbeater.com/team/28070/overview.aspx)

I think this team is a perfect example. They had to play an IV league team that was already putting up multiple proficient's in games and didn't promote. Looking back at their games though and their standings they deserved to promote more then 1/3 of the teams that promoted by winning the championship in easier leagues. They finished 19-3 with a plus 600 something point difference. You cant honestly that this team didn't deserve to promote over some of these other teams can you?

It is unfortunate. On the other hand, each season if they're not the best team in their league, one will promote to replace them. If they're good enough to be at the next level, they should be able to beat out the team that relegates, so they should get their chance and when they go up, they'll be in great shape. But once the game gets out of the business of having promotions be earned by winning titles and goes toward the game trying to evaluate subjectively what the best teams are, the game is diminished.