you do realize this is the same thing that is happening to invite nearly every season? not enough “invite” level teams have signed up so the bottom teams added to invite or invite qualifiers threaten to die despite evidence suggesting they are in the top 8 best teams signed up. if you really think that worsening the format for advanced by adding a default bye week and just moving the title of “worst team in advanced” to the 2nd worst team is the best idea I think you should sit back and reflect on how a league works. the border between divisions is arbitrary, invite is simply the best 8 teams (as chosen by the admin team based on experience and results). advanced is the next 8. being upset that you have been selected as the most likely 8th best team in advanced does not change the fact that that means you fall in the advanced div. also, to the “no one let us know we had to check our rgl page” that is not something that has been done for advanced unless you are placed in qualifiers. we do not message you while doing placements.
anyway the point of my rant is that when there “arent 8 advanced teams” sit back and think about what that means, because advanced is just the 8 best teams under invite
- also disclosure im not an admin currently my forum just isnt updated so this isnt an official statement in any way