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Hi Frank. I just took a look at your league and with the current settings you will all remain in Rookie as long as promotion and relegation is disabled. The new update doesn't activate it or override this setting, it just stops it from operating on league tiers that are less than half full.
Thanks for the quick and direct reply! It seems I misunderstood the first posts as meaning something like 'a future update will force promotes', so I apologize for the knee-jerk reaction. This is a great game and lots of fun during and between races :)