Okay Stallion you&#039;re retarded.<br /><br />The reason the franchise system was so important is because it allowed some players (who might not otherwise chance playing for a less than stellar cap or being hatedrafted) to participate in the IDL. The main thing we lost when we lost franchising was the ability for those less than stellar caps to not franchise and draft high twice, (see FLS last season or EBL the season before when they made the Conference Championship with two really solid players). The idea behind franchising is that you get more players playing and more fair teams. <br /><br />I don&#039;t know exactly why people think this season was more fair. The WDC is dismal and sad compared to how it was looked upon pre-season. BSK and FLS are overrated and SPE doesn&#039;t show as much as they do. If anything this season is less balanced than the franchise era teams and seems to have less dedicated players. I can say that when Mantis was a captain he was a better player and more dedicated to practicing and getting his team on. Denny has shown no such dedication and it was why he lost with bones last season and continues to not do as well as he could this season. EBL has had personal issues which MIGHT be sorted out now, but Xenaero is just too sunk in his own self-pity to really get a run going I think. <br /><br />The reason these things are important is because they are the differences that are difficult to really quantify about post-franchise era IDL. People aren&#039;t on teams with people they like as much, they don&#039;t have as much leeway in practice time because you never know someone&#039;s schedule when they randomly draft you, you have less of a relationship with captains so u get facepalm trades or surprises in lineup changes or blah blah blah. It&#039;s a depersonalized and less engaging experience all around.<br /><br />Ladna may have been right about you all being&nbsp; butthurt over losing so much to me. Turns out that wasn&#039;t really franchising&#039;s fault. I would say that maybe you guys should opt for franchising and put together a stellar team to have a chance.<br /><br />SUC v BBC in Masterbowl. Unfortunately SUC&#039;s streak will end :/