Spectacular list accumulated @byzantinist. Here are my thoughts:

1. C ...makes the most sense to me. I think there needs to be more segregation for each level, maybe even group them through current leagues they are participating.
2. To avoid this problem altogether have only higher level tournaments right away when a season starts. For example: Start with Gold day 1, then Diamond day 2, then silver 3, then bronze day 4, then champion day 5... Or something like that. Make it desirous to level up more quickly... more to come gotta go through the rest.
   3 & 4- In all honesty I cannot talk about intelligently, lol.
   5 I'm a bigger fan of less tournaments and bigger payouts, but I don't play alpha gold tournaments.
   6 A: Makes a lot of sense. Like I said above having less tournaments and making them bigger payouts and pay deeper is certainly not a bad thing, I think staggering the levels each given day is a great idea Byz.
   7 & 8: Not sure if I like the idea on these rankings, not sure if the game is ready for it. Not a bad idea and I think could certainly be implemented when we get more players.
   9-12 I like this idea making the payouts perhaps deeper at the higher levels. Make the tournaments less frequent and more substantial is a positive step forward. League exclusive tournaments could be a great option I have been all for this quite a long time, have this maybe halfway through the season so about 1 week into the season. That mode would create a very cool cycle of events for every player in the game.