1. GP bloat is completely irrelevant in squad/fleet arena. By leaving out inactive accounts some active players will end up at rank 10k or worse whereas now they couldn't possibly drop below rank 500 on their current mature/veteran shard because the rest are inactive accounts. This increased activity on shards will result in far less crystals payed out to active players. NO THANX.
2. If this was implemented I believe CG would reduce the rewards for each tier significantly to balance things out.