When you have a " E " team with a winning percentage of .818 it doesn't belong in E. There should be some kind of standard that automatically moves a team up. Maybe the winning percentage. That being said that particular team would not have much of a chance winning a D tournament. What choice do they have ? Play up and not win or play down and be a weekly favorite. It cost a lot to play and losing sure isn't much fun . In the end it's the directors who are to blame. They want teams because teams are money . They are afraid to bump teams up because they fear losing them to another sanction . Who wants to play in a tournament that they have no chance of competing ? It's like the guy said a couple weeks ago ,when has a legitimate E team won the world and that goes for d,c...When you guys see a team signed up for a certain division that doesn't belong just don't play . Tell your director why and go play somewhere else. If enough teams do that he'll get the message. Remember ,it's all about the money and the players control the money. Like bharris said " everybody is allowed to play down ".Don't blame the team,blame those in charge.