BR's Dilemma

I play in an adult baseball league called the NABA, National Adult Baseball Association. The league website, if you are interested, is www.dugout.org.
The past two seasons, I've played on a team called the Stars in the Over 35-Division. We were 11-7 in 2009 and 7-11 last season with early first round exits in the playoffs both years.
I was looking forward to playing with the Stars again this season. I started working out for another season of baseball in January. And yes, it is baseball, NOT SOFTBALL.
To my dismay, our team is seriously considering joining the Over 45-Division. I really want to play with the Stars because they are a great group of guys. There isn't one teammate I don't like. I don't know how they feel about me but I really enjoy the guys I play with. But I also don't want to play in the Over 45 league.
The reason is competition. The competition is obviously better in the Over 35 league and I want to play in the better league for as long as I can before I make the move to the Over 45 division. I'm sure there are good players in the Over 45 league but as long as I'm pretty good in the Over 35 league I'd prefer to stay there.
So my dilemma is do I stay with the Stars and move to the Over 45 Division? Or, do I say "Adios Stars" and find a team to play with in the Over 35 League? Playing in the Over 35 Division is where I am leaning right now. The Over 45 League really doesn't appeal to me...yet.
The best solution is if the Stars play in the Over 35 League one more year. But that doesn't look good since on our team conference call last night everyone except me seemed to be looking to go down a level to the 45's. It was apparent on the call last night that I'm the "bad guy" for wanting to stay in the same league as the past two seasons.
There is a league meeting tonight. I'm going to go to see what the deal is and to lobby our new co-managers, John Castellano (no relation to the Castellano crime family in New York...I don't think) and Chad Lucero one final time to stay in the 35 Division. If that is unsuccessful then I'll probably talk to the managers of the remaining 35 division teams to see if they want to add this particular free agent, the best shortstop in the league (tongue in cheek...sort of!).