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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 4655414, member: 173"] A while ago I was watching a sports & business show, one of the questions was why leagues changed the way expansion rosters are selected which has allowed the expansion teams to compete right away. The business expert pointed out the costs of buying an expansion team are astronomically higher than 30 years ago - as a result teams HAVE TO be competitive right out of the gate. Otherwise the likelihood the team will hemorrhage money to a point they are a liability to the league is too great. Additionally, the idea of putting a team in a location like Vegas is to grow the sport and gain new fans - that’s unlikely if the team is destined to be terrible for their first decade. Having seen how it plays out - it’s clearly the right direction for leagues to go. Seattle knocking off the Stanley Cup champ is a huge story. Vegas’s run to the Finals was a huge story, too. [/QUOTE]