I think what you are saying is that FF is worthless now in LRB 5, which it is, and has been since it came out some-odd 3 years ago. Re-rolls have always been more important when you setup a team because they DOUBLE in price once you create your team.
Also, make sure you take the public leagues with a grain of salt and accept them for what they are: a joke. Don't let yourself get mad if you play anyone because from what I understand, at least 50% of the time you will be playing a cherry-picking, rules and bug exploiting tool who will RageQuit if they are losing and have not generated enough SPP's in the game.
The public leagues are worthless, if you don't ever lose sight of that fact you might actually find a fun game here or there - but don't count on it.