The real problem with this setup is that the people that are playing this legitimately, and are trying to get their rating up, suffer at the hands of people that are overly geared for a particular bracket and are only there because they are running a team's points back up to 2k+. I don't care how someone gets their points... but when it causes others to have to face 'gladiators' in a bracket where there shouldn't be it isn't right. This gladiator friend of yours is 'farming' other players with less pvp experience and gear so that they can sell you a team you can get easy points with. That means that other players have to have a harder time getting their rating up so that you can have an easier time getting your points. It might not be against the rules technically, but as far as I am concerned it is unethical to take advantage of other players for your benefit.

"when the rating gets too low we give the team back to him to level back up to 2k." If you don't see how that has a negative effect on the people this gladiator runs right over then I don't know what to say.

Additionally, another popular way for farmers to get their teams back up to 2k is to trade wins.

I think it is interesting that a month or so ago Suvega made a post explaining why and how he buys arena points and it met with similiar distain from forum members. That post shortly disappeared, as I imagine this one will.