I agree. In addition, this will make you want to play a lot for the first 2 or 3 days of the season (so you can get as high as you can) then stop in the middle, and only start playing again with 2 or 3 days left when more people of higher rank are playing. This means that for every 15 day season, I can only safely play 5 of those days.
If I have a 2000 rating, there is no reason for me to be playing against people with a 1300 rating.