Wonderful post. The verts definitely need to be adjusted down, and there needs to be a much more drastic reaction to collisions in the air. One guy shouldn't just get pushed back (and up). That defeats the purpose of RTP.
That's why I was wondering a while back if they will have a physics slider which would allow you to increase or decrease the effects of physics on the game. I don't know how it would work though, maybe an offense and defense physics slider.