Anyone solved a problem like this? I've built a custom league structure for a small European nation. The fourth and lowest tier is made up of teams that are almost all set to amateur, but in all my testing 100% of them invariably switch to semi-pro at the end of the first season. I'd like this tier to stay amateur (at least for a while, in a build-a-nation type save). I've set the league and all club reputations very low and made sure that virtually no money is coming into these clubs, but even with sizable negative balances they're all still choosing to go semi-pro. Is there some factor I'm missing? Anyone know enough about how and why the AI decides to switch between statuses to explain this?
Anyone solved a problem like this? I've built a custom league structure for a small European nation. The fourth and lowest tier is made up of teams that are almost all set to amateur, but in all my testing 100% of them invariably switch to semi-pro at the end of the first season. I'd like this tier to stay amateur (at least for a while, in a build-a-nation type save). I've set the league and all club reputations very low and made sure that virtually no money is coming into these clubs, but even with sizable negative balances they're all still choosing to go semi-pro. Is there some factor I'm missing? Anyone know enough about how and why the AI decides to switch between statuses to explain this?