Once upon a time, about 22 seasons ago, there was a large difficulty curve between Division 4 and Division 3 as many active managers were fighting it out in Division 3.
However I've gathered first-hand experience that Division 3 is a shell of it's former self, in Division 3 right now:
- Half of the teams have the default 4-4-2 formation (hinting at inactivity),
- My B-Team have won every game with double-digits,
- My B-Team have yet to concede a single goal,
So there's a lot of inactivity in a previously challenging Division...
Considering new managers start off in Division 6, which will no doubt be completely inactive, they have to go up through 3-4 leagues before any challenge... what's the point?
The benefit of starting in Division 6 for new managers is that your squad will be untouchable against the inactive teams, while figuring out the game... but the huge drawback is that once they face real teams they'll get quite a shock.
Not many new managers will have the patience to wait that long for a real competition, can't we just speed up the competition?
Promote all Division 5 and 6 teams to Div 4?
Division 4 can be the new Division 6.