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Just spitballing here; haven't given this any thought until reading the thread.
Thought 1: We shouldn't lose site of the fact that OOTP is a business, so limiting the purchase of PPs in any way won't fly... and shouldn't.
Thought 2: I think the ladder model is important to retain. Only 1 in 30 teams is going to win a title, so the ladder provides incentive and reward for the near miss teams while acting as a competitive equalizer -- incrementally in the short term and significantly over time.
Thought 3: Maybe follow the MLB model (said no one ever) and institute some form of revenue sharing. Perhaps each week when leagues are formed 15,000 PPs or some magic number appear out of thin air and get assigned to each league. A pretty simple algorithm could compare the top 25 or 40 players in each team's stable (active and inactive) and proportion the revenue sharing PPs accordingly. At 15,000 PPs that's the equivalent of the lesser half of the league each getting a free basic pack. That doesn't turn the Royals into the Yankees over night, but it's an incremental nudge in the right direction, and if you're in this for the 52-week journey, it adds up over time.
Probably 100 things wrong with that idea, but just tossing it out there.
Play on.
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