No. I was not going to catch him this season. The difference is that before I had enough cash flow to at least upgrade my team every so often. With these changes my cash flow will only allow for the status quo.
The changes are not the same for all div one teams. For me and some others the changes will mean we barely break even. For Top teams the changes mean they will only make 6 million instead of 8. This is the problem. As Kozlodoev pointed out, why treat a team with a 20k arena the same as a team with an 8k arena?
Secondly, if you recall, the changes are temporary. How can you adapt for the long term with little positive income while the tops teams have enough to wait it out?
I get that they do not want to automatically level the field, but the goal should be to lessen the slope rather than steepen it, which is what these changes seem likely to do.