I will point out for the record that 11 of the 16 teams in the NBBA currently fail to feature a 20k arena
King of declarative statements and now also adept to cherry picking:
14k+4K+500+50=18550
Number of NBBA teams below 18k arena: 3. Number of teams below 17.7k: 1 (who has 0 wins in the league, will see how long it takes before he wins a game).
Number of teams above 18.9k arena:11
If you don't see the fallacy in your reasoning I can't do it for you, mate.
Did you not ask:
would you please be kind enough to clarify whether you think waiting 2+ years to have a 20k arena is: ...
or not opine:
Of course most D2 teams have 20k arenas, so you're really only making the case for the lowest divisions in each country.
or:
I'm not sure if you really believe most new users (again I don't mean you and I) are willing to invest 2 years just to get to a point where their revenues are close to those of their opponents. D3 in England has plenty of 20k arena teams and that's the division you start in.
See why I keep asking you to define "competitive"? Because it's a moving target. You keep referencing 20k arenas, both before and after you mentioned the 18550 arena query, but apparently that's your personal cherry that I'm not allowed to pick. Clearly, the fallacy in my reasoning is thinking that just because you said something that you actually said it.
Here's what you wrote:
Incidentally, I think you're committing a fallacy that a lot of people make - equating things that you personally don't like and assuming that it's the reason for something else you don't like
You don't see how this perfectly applies to you, do you?
No, but to be fair, neither of us has seemed to clearly grasp anything else you've been saying. Maybe in a post or two that quoted bit will mean something else that will then make some sort of sense, at least for whatever period of time that it is before it then means something else. Maybe I should just let you discuss this among yourself and see if you can formulate a clear, cogent and consistent series of thoughts rather than confusing what you are trying to say by repeating what you actually say.