You raise a good point energy...
I guess where i am coming from is that i feel there is not much difference between Capital 8 and Capital 14. I have watched games (obviously not all) in Capital 8 through to 14 over the last 3 years and don't see a large difference between them. Also we have a Capital 9 side at our club which we have played several times over the last 3 years. We won on each occasion. If i was to compare other teams in our grade to them i would say 3 or 4 of them in our current grade (Capital 11) would beat them. If we were to raise the bar to say Capital 8 or 9 i think it would get rid of the teams who don't belong in those grades to the grade which better suits them faster. Also it would get the teams who are starting down in Capital 14 or 15 as a new team promoted to the grade where they belong faster.