Yea exactly you decline fights from fighters who have a high % chance of beating you.
Guys in the other timzone will be fine, they will be in the same situation they always were. If they sign in and have a challege they fight. But in the early reset they will have the advantage since they are able to send out the first challenges. They will be more likely to get the fights they want for the AM reset.
I have said it before. And with the amount of cherry picking going on you should never be "forced" out of a division. You should be able to stay in tier 2, tier 3 as long as you want. Maybe some type of balance can be put in so fighter ranking does not improve after a certain point. Tier 2 and Tier 3 orgs can also have a $ cap. So staying down will help your fighter but hurt your camp in other ways.
No CHUBBY. I decline challenges from fighters ranked bottom of the org all the time. You will also be limiting being able to send out challenges from certain coaches, as time zone is already an issue.