A rookie league sounds more appropriate. People below top 200 maybe? Or maybe we can do it like a divisions tourney.
Heavyweight: rank 1-300
Middleweight: rank 301-5000?
lightweight: rank 5001 below
Naturally, you'd need to be with-in the given rank at the time of the tourney itself, not during registration. [IE, rank 10k player registers for lightweight division but is ranked 27 come tourney day. Said player either agrees to be transferred to the appropriate division or forfeits his registration.]
Higher division gives the best prizes while lower divisions get something like commanders/skins/faceplates/DLC packs.
This could probably be done every 4 months to give time to organize, find sponsors and players to aim for higher ranks/prizes.
Players who are caught deliberately dropping rank to troll on lower divisions will be barred from the next 2 tourneys. Habitual delinquents shall be barred from all future tournaments.
Divisions would not only cater to our upcoming stars, it would also give us better qualifying matches in the creme de la creme division. These are just suggestions of what it may look like to cater to our elders. [Me included ]
I like this idea alot, except for calling it by weights, lol.
This way we all get something to play.