In some games, that I he played, I remember teams withs pacts of "no agression" (no MOTS) and then his MOTS goes to the other rivals. Is not a fair game, and you know it happens more than we like.
It depends how you look at it.
In my league it happens really often, but those "deals" are not meant to harm others, when a team agrees a "no MotS deal" that team proves to be commited to a fair game, a league where every team get only the points he deserve, only a few derby matches aside, argentinian top level teams doesn't play MotS eachother, at the end of the season, only the strongest (or the smartest) get a place to place WCC next season, and that also gives them the ability to play MotS against weaker teams in WCC or national cup (a competition where a low level league usually spend his MotS) as a counter measure. Since we started those "deals", low division teams stopped winning national Cup, and our league started to improve it's ranking because we never had unworthy teams in WCC again.
It's all about your perspective against those deals. Of course, if 2 teams would agree to avoid MotS eachother, to use them against their closer rivals things would be really different, and i am strongly against it, but if those deals are to avoid unfair/undeserved results, i am glad they exist.
The problem with MOTS is the GREAT effect that have in a match.
That is a completely different story, all teams have the chance to upgrade their stadiums and get 15 league matches with that advantage, so all teams can play in similar conditions. It's all about your global strategy, some people decides to improve academy first and they get their reward (better youth), some people improve their training facilities and they get they reward (faster improvement), if you decide to improve your stadium, you get home advantage.
That is something interesting actually, because it pushes you to play each match with a different tactic, and when both teams are in similar level, wich tactic you pick to counter that home advantage can be the key in your global success. In my league, there are many teams using very good stadium, and each league usually is decided in those away matches, and i am not talking only about matches between league challengers, even a mid table team can push you to lose points if your tactic isn't right. When all teams have high level stadiums, each league match is a pandora's box, and that is really exciting
It's a punishment for having the better team, not a chance for other teams to close the gap. MOTS is trash. Let's put it where it belongs... in the garbage pale.
Fully agreed