do i understand this correctly, bonze, silver and gold have 0 chance on it?
the leagues must then buy after the pressure from the top. that means the rewards are increased again at the top.
Yes. And they even decreased the rewards for the lower (Silver) leagues. Good for the rich. Not for everyone. And certainly not for the poor players. It is less and less encouragung to play in the lower leagues. It is like as if the game would force the players to invest money into the game, but not everyone can invest money into the game. Splinterlands nowadays is rather the game of the rich. Splinterlands was good for everyone in the past. Especially in/around 2019. It was one of my favorite games. I bought the Beta starter set on 2018.12.30. Nowadays I very rarely play it, because it is too hard. Too frustrating. Pay-to-win.