this is another one of those things where i feel like real life is not very relevant. as long as its moderately close, thats more than enough in my book. i just want the part that takes the ratings and settings and spits out a result to be realistic, the rest should be designed to make the game more enjoyable.
in this case, waiting a cycle for the bottom 8 NT teams to play a game is not very enjoyable for the 95% of the people who aren't those 8 teams. and i don't think its much better, if any, than being a bottom 4 or top 4 team in the PIT. so i am all for not changing. plus that takes away time that could be spent on something else.