elite rank has their own league and they can get flaming, platinum, gold, silver, bronze, and regular elite levels. the elite players can't play with the general population though. make the elite level cut-off lower so there's atleast top 20 play in the elite rank league. instead of a league it's just play each player twice, then round robin, matchups depend on who has most points in season 1vs20, 2v,19, and so on. call it tpl (pro league) or div 1.