There's been gatekeepers at the high end of all the leagues for a long time now. It's awful..

But it's not always been like this. Before Rebellion there were very precise lvl restrictions no matter which league you were in. What we have now it's a disgrace.
It's truly the only thing I dislike about an otherwise exciting project.

The problem changed a bit over time after they introduced survival mode and season rentals.. I think the expectation from a lot of people will now be that since Rebellion and Conclave cards are high in price and there's lots of demand for them people will be incentivized to play in the proper leagues.. we'll see how that plays out but it's not just a matter of ratings and earnings, you know? It's a matter of principle.

Money should never fully replace skill and what we had before with the "league" system was a much better compromise! #bringleaguesback

I even talked about this a bit in an old post of mine

What can I say? Let's hope that eventually they'll change this back