FIFA 21 players are already relegating themselves just a week after the game launched.
Players are confessing to self-relegation in order to stay out of the top divisions of FIFA Ultimate Team’s competitive multiplayer ranking mode, Division Rivals.
The issue has to do with the rewards on offer and the new 30 game cap for Division Rivals weekly score contribution.
In Division Rivals, your rank within your division determines your weekly rewards. While your division (there are 10) is determined by your skill rating, which ebbs and flows as you win, draw and lose matches, your rank within each division is determined by your weekly score, which is obtained by playing matches (you get more weekly score for winning than drawing and losing).