Personally I think this system should pause for a few weeks. Rather than fading 7 teams you should really wait until teams separate. You've got supposed "bottom 3" teams winning straight up on the ML. I like the system, I think it has promise, and like you said ECC - this is the second year so it's still new. I just think you should take a couple weeks off rather than play 7 teams.
For me, I stopped playing this system about 10 days ago. Waiting for separation and glad I did.
GL guys and ECC as well.