Brazil. A brief look at some teams not present in the top 2 leagues this season:
Auto Esporte
Londrina
ABC
Figueirense
Gama
Goiania
Mogi Mirim
Novorizontino
Confianca
Taguatinga
Volta Redonda
Most – if not all – of those clubs played in Serie C in 1990 and perhaps unsatisfied with the low level put pressure for enlargement of Serie B. But there was 1990 Serie C championship and it was won by
Campinense. A title is a title, going along with promotion up. Effectively, Campinense played by the existent rules and fairly promoted, so may be they were not all that happy to see the second level enlarged and teams which they left behind going up along with them.