only division III teams whose world ranking is never higher than the median world ranking of all division IV teams can follow the world ranking fully, instead of the current method.
If i understan correctly, only newer teams this way could be paired with lower division teams in bbm tiers, and not deliberate tankers playing for years and years, right? This could be nice change and extended to all leagues not just III and IV. Of course that way you couldn't get 1024 teams in most tiers.
It seems that whether there is a clear standard for identifying new teams that division IV managers can accept without complaints is a key point.
I have an idea: use weekly revenue as the criterion.
If a team has never exceeded the median weekly revenue of the next lower division (including teams without attendance data), then it can be paired with next lower division teams in BBM tiers.
(Isn't it likely that a new team in division II would immediately have higher revenue than the median revenue in division IV?)
It seems that the number of teams meeting this condition would be much smaller.
I’m not sure whether it might cause any problems.