Suggested

Another league/level needed

On the one hand we have this thread suggesting another tier is needed to prevent the L13 teams from having to go up against the experienced L20 Managers because they can't compete.

On the same day another thread This needs to be fixed suggests that there is something wrong with the game because experienced L20 Managers are finding it difficult to compete with recently promoted L13 teams.

I wonder if it's just that some managers are better at this game than others. Maybe team level, although important, is secondary to managerial ability.

So glad I'm not a developer.

Apart from the actual performance difference between promotees from Pro and established Elite teams I see a further problem with it. Outside of well established leagues Pro is often already either dead or promotion desperately kept open by inactive and bot accounts. This new tier would split this already least populated tier of the game into two. There might be even the problem why unprepared managers promote. Two teams enter Pro and the best two go each season. That way no real competition can build up until the league becomes that strong that even good and active teams start to relegate from Elite. Once that happens actual competition can form, but unfortunately that's usually also the point ballast comes into play.

So I don't think a new limited tier for all leagues would be a good idea. However for well established and competitive leagues with completely filled Pro and Elite it might solve some problems, there another tier would help both the Pro ballast problem and add some more time for new teams to prepare for the highest tier. So perhaps let those leagues unlock a premier tier which for joining (if it can be joined directly) and team status classes as an Elite tier.