I think that those are crazy $SPS numbers for most people.
Have a min SPS isn't a problem for me but it needs to be realistic.

I have over a million CP and 200,000 SPS and would still be restricted to diamond.....

Never mind newer players coming into the system. It's so restrictive for people who want to climb up the levels.

The game was always on the verge of play to play but now it's getting ridiculous. Having to stake $4.5K dollars just to get past diamond level.

There have been a lot of bad calls made by the team this year.
All about getting more money instead of creating a game for everybody to play and grow the userbase. This will shrink the userbase, again.