For consideration
Claim and Contender System
In the event that a team withraws or disbands from the tournament and thus leave a spot vacant in a division, the spot should be awarded to nex team in line, unless they have a claim to that spot.
A claimant may be
A)
A reformed team with atleast a simple majority (50%+1) of all players of the team that initially held that spot. Players need to have been marked as "played" to be counted. Any further addition to the new roster is irrelevant.
or
B)
A different squad put forward by the same clan, verifiable by affiliation by name and confirmation of the listed team contacts.
In the event that a team cedes from their previous clan to forma new spot, the claim is awarded to party that fields a contender squad compliant tiwh the 50%+1 clause. Players need to have been marked as "played" to be counted.
In the event of a spot being open to a higher division, the next team in line for promotion is eligible to claim that spot. The next team in line is determined after the regular play-off match. A team that has lost their promotion match is still eligible for that particular spot.
However,
in the event that a new team (contender) has formed it is free to challenge the next team in line (claimant) to a match to claim the open spot. This is so that new, strong teams may fill in high-end gaps and avoid imbalances in lower divisions.
In the event that there are multiple new teams, these teams shall play each other and the overall winner
of the contender play-off will face the claimant in the final play-off match.
Any new team that does not claim an open spot is sorted into the lowest division possible.
Any contender that fails to successfully claim a higher spot is sorted into the lowest division possible.
In the event of multiple open spots, contenders are ranked and are eligible to face off with the claimants for the remaining free spots.
Challenger matches are to be laid out by administration staff in number of sets, factions, map choice, tie-breaker et cetera.