There are a bunch of great things VIP players get that the free players don't, so don't make it seem that both are equal. It shouldn't mean that they can create drone players, setup a gym and limit it to 2 people, add in their drone players and use that to create a super fighter. Not only that, but now sparing gyms are going public, some charge fees lower than 20 bucks and now free players are also getting super fighters.
Focus on the problem and not free players vs VIP.