personally I have played for a few year with only a pittance in buying enough credits to get by prob not even $50 for all the years, so because I enjoy the game even with it's faults I will continue with a subscription that will allow me to keep my current teams and have no adds.
Not many seem to want to pay to play, but many would like to play for free. Not sure if that is really fair but what do I know.
In all fairness I will give JDB the few dollars and see how it goes for a few months. Unfortunately if so many will drop out then there is a good chance that could end it for all