Odd potential side effect: Obviously zorzi doesn't want Rupp because he likes his D2 team. That's understandable. I wouldn't do Smith because we, as a group, decided to stay in the Little East and compete against one another. However, if D1 has 200+ users, is D2 a place to be in that world? Your strong team will be seriously weakened so would D2 just go ahead and move up?
There would also be some fallout for D3 in the same situation but, if the D2s moved up, it seems like the D3 teams would have unfettered access to all the top D2 players.