Make it happen!
Drop the regular cup for a while.
3 plrs per team, come up with some fun shit for the map picking and who plays who in a match. If you don't wanna do the NC: Do a draft! So no stacked teams. Example X top\high players want to play:

X/3=Y capitans
-Sort the capitans from worst to best
-Make them pick from the worst to best, 2nd round it's inverted
-if an all noobie team wants to sign up they are welcome.
-If an all high team wants to sign up they are assholes.
-If an high player fakenicks he and his teammates are banned forever and ever from quake itself, QL2.0 as well.
-After a bunch of tourneys you can do seedings based on the results.

Why?
Top player could actually help mid\low players if they want to win monies.
More uncertainity in the results = more fun
Cypher might actually lose a duel tourney lately (nerf cypher)
Team sports are fun.

Example:
48 players want to play. 9 of them are noobies\midtiers who want to play on their own for some reason.
39/3=13
Sort the Best 13 players from worst to best: This is gonna be the pick order


Make the seedings how the fuck you want to, teams should be already balanced.
Enjoy.