Allowing rewards from previous seasons to be purchased would go a long way towards encouraging more players to invest in competitive PvP. Many people I know just don't bother with it due to a combination of long queue times, blatant win trading and a lack of an incentive for their investment.

What we desperately need is fresh blood - if we don't get that then less and less people will be bothering with PvP. I'm ready to give up on it if 4.2 does not make some improvements. If the PvP community does not allow for a bone to be thrown at the 'masses' every now and then we won't see much, if any, improvement.