Being clear that our teams were by far the strongest in the league during the whole season, it made no sense for us to harm each other. Finally, as Tramuntana was still alive in BBM and wanted to buy some players for div II before the POffs, it made sense that it was him who tried to promote via Play-Offs. For me, it was perfect as I could sell a couple of players before the Play Offs, not pay salaries for this week, and train more comfortably.
This is like in cycling when a couple of riders attack and help each other to get far from the bunch (therefore harming the bunch) and fight for victory with each other. There are thousands of situations in BB (like this or like a TIE TIE or whatever that could be "harming" other teams), and this is part of the game. I could find these more questionable when a shitty team gets benefited just because of beings friends with someone, but when it's the two strongest teams in the league making sure that one of the promotion positions by rank stays in the league instead of going to another league, I think it is a fine choice.
I think that Korean was just unlucky to encounter two powerful teams in the same conference. He showed courage and fought until the end, but I think he had no chance without HCA against any of us under any circumstances. Teams in the other conference were even below.
@Joe: despite the initial goal of the season being the promotion, the fact that I was 6-7th in salaries most of the season (which I did not expect) made me think that it could also be OK to stay. Also, I made around 1.5m this season and gave more IS than I initially planned, so Baldolma`s and Ryehauge's salaries would be OK for another season here. To sum up, the door was open to have a beneficial path in case of promotion or not.