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Enforcing forfeits to get games played means you have no idea how the teams would've stacked up against each other and throws out the results.
Encouraging 4-player teams means you will have to eventually pick 3 of those 4 to put forward into future tourneys, etc, meaning that combination may not be the best combination or the one that was placed highly in the London league.
Having a play-off at the end of the league means you can decide on any kind of mini-tourney you like and the results should be more accurate between the top teams, fixtures are often not similar/comparable/fair when spread out over time (in comparison to a one day tourney at least).
Also, a shorter league means a more accurate representation of teams within that time frame... some teams may start out really bad and get really good by the end of a long league which throws out comparative results.