@Steve we have spoken and I think genuinely there are players who earn welfare and PF and that's it right. That's all they'll ever do. And in the past those people could make the VHL and have roles eventually but in the mean time they got to play and be hype with all the new people in the M. Now, there is the E, and they just don't want to be there sadly. To my estimation 4-5 people could be considered M lifers.
Sjin- went IA for sporadic period and then transitioned to attempting to break the All-Time M points record after screwing up his earning.
Dylan- he is just voluntarily here.
Tyler Swift- that's my GF and they just aren't invested in this enough to earn consistently.
Aky- sporadic earner, I think his existence in the M for this long is purely out of inconsistency with being a welfare player and is 100% unintentional, had we not won the cup last season I'm pretty sure he would have been content to play in the E but the opportunity to repeat is enticing.
CaringBear - he is sporadic earner, was IA for like 2 seasons, just forgets to update often.
I think the fact 3 of these people are on Philly kind of makes it feel weirder for you but that's kind of just how it is, these are people who want to play for this team and I'm not gonna hate on them for wanting to stay with the people they've been around for a while. Also part of it is convenience, rather have them in the league and do our best to get them moved up than let them go and have them just not want to go through effort of getting in a new LR season to season. Not that I think this a great reason just a factor one could consider... Overall, I think most people try to move through the M, just tough to get people interested in more than the free 6 a week.