Why?
They used to be able to compete with the highest American teams just fine, so why not try to get up to that level again rather than sandbag and smash up younger teams?
Well yes and no, they used to play 7-man Pro in the NPPL not NXL X-ball!
Different rules, different format, different style of play, different tactics, and the same applies to the M7 Millennium format to a certain degree too.
I was fortunate enough to sit next to Magued at dinner on the Friday night of Cup last year and we had a chat about this, he said the boys would dearly love to play NXL but had issues about committing to a full series, along side Millennium and the other stuff they had going on in their lives.
If they can get a spot in the NXL for Cup then all power to them, if they play D1/Semi-Pro then they will be mixing it up with Nexus and some other expected top Euro teams and some bloody good US and International oposition.
Whatever, I expect they will have a blast, its not like individual Joy players haven't played PSP before, just never as a Joy team!