why have you played less games than others?
is the rule for the cup just that you can't play in two cups ie Kelly and Plate?
this is your Prem. Can we say you haven't planned well?
And yes, my understanding is that that is the cup rule - excelpt if a 1st team player played KS CUp that has no effect on Executive plate elegibility, only Kelly/Executive Plate do.
The rule isn't having a massive effect on my team, its not hamstringing our season and I wouldn't even necessarily drop 3 first team players down unless I had to (my current squad is 16 wins 1 draw from 17 games and some of the eligible players on that list wouldn't improve my team), just giving an opinion on the rule itself and how it could be improved and tried to put it in a real life context.