infinite-Whether or not you actually gain teams though, you aren't losing anything you would be able to keep by not doing it
You ignored the part where Mustard explained that it most likely gets you more teams, and the teams you lose would have left anyway.
I didn't ignore anything, I simply do not agree with his logic at all. Many of the players in our top teams are either a) staying b) reforming into new teams or c) joining esea. All that would change with this plan is the number of players leaving would increase for at least one free season of ESEA. The teams who are on the edge of paying to play TF2 or not are already joining UGC. They know we exist, and if they want to join us they do Your ideas are nothing new, hate to say it. Losing 8 of the top teams and players every season isn't losing anything? I disagree completely.
You can keep saying that, but until we see lists and team names with quotes from their team leaders it's just meaningless. Mustard's logic makes sense unless you can prove what you appear to be assuming.
On a completely unrelated note, I am a HL player interested in 6s but unwilling/able to pay the ESEA league fees. I would play UGC 6s, but personally it seems like a waste of time (I would have to invest twice as much time in the game as I do now) if I'm eventually going to reach a sub-Open skill cap and have nowhere to go besides ESEA. If I had a chance at a free season in ESEA, I would actually try to find a UGC 6s team because I could see a future in it. I'm not motivated enough to bother right now though. I obviously can't say that I'm not the only one because I have no proof of that, but I doubt that I am completely unique.