Good on you , I think you did the right thing . <| sep |> What it really does is lock in a set number of franchises who can spend years and decades building a brand . The Franchise is a business and it enjoys have protections against outside franchises popping up and muscling in , protections against pure competition . Its worst in the NFL where the worst team gets the first draft picks so they can even the field but really only ensure that the least strong team can continue to contribute to the closed market profitably . In Britain a soccer team earns its way into the Premier League by winning . They make sales based on their record and not their place in a closed market . If they fail to make money they have to let players go . If they fail to place they may get booted to a less competitive league . There ' s a real possibility you could lose the team entirely from a series of poor business decisions and a period of poor seasons .