seeing it from a ORG view you have to options in t2:
-Invest a LOT of money in players and infraestructure to get a CHANCE to ascending to t1, and if they dont achieve it all that money goes to waste (without mentioning that some orgs that run most sucsefull teams in other games migth just pull out midseason to save money, since they arent getting any substancial gain)
OR
-Pick up however wins ascension
This means that most of the big orgs outside of VAL t1 wont invest any money and just focus on their other esports, MAYBE getting in once they pick up a winning team from ascension, as a consecuences, effectively making it extremly hard for players to live from t2 and even make a name from themseleves, specially in minor regions of t2 , even if riot fixes some of the issues of t2, the core issue remains that
is way cheaper to buy a winning team and get a ticket to t1, rather than spend a full year grinding a losing money just to maybe get it
I will most likely be wrong but that's my take on the t2 issue, i also apologize for any typing errors, english isnt my first language 😭😭😭