We should grow to a stage where sign up fees contribute to 30-40% of the prize quota
Well, maybe one day, yeah. The thing is that we reward a lot of players - practically all. Therefore, the top few prizes aren't that big and if you charge an entrance fee, you get a lot of people eventually playing for nothing in the end.
There is some wiggle room for us there definitely, if we remove one 3rd Division we'll probably slightly raise the rewards in Division 2 - which might be enough to introduce a small entry fee.
The bottom league (currently Division 3) will always be free to play.
So, what will it be like? Shouldn't the dive 2 teams that can't pay be demoted to Div 3 and the Div 3 teams that can pay be promoted to Div 2? To me, this is ideal.
We need to make Divisions 1 and 2 more appealing. If sign-up costs cannot cover 30% of the prize pool by season 4, we are not progressing.