What should a franchisee (the coaches and players) then realistically expect? Seems like franchisees still have to manage the majority of their day-to-day, but the franchiser should help with:

- Tournament admissions
- Recruiting players (due to brand)
- Getting coach eyeballs (due to brand)
- Ease of ordering “stuff” with central purchasing
- Ability to move players around (with injuries or progression)

If a franchiser isn’t doing those things, I don’t know what it is offering. But it’s also hard to measure…

Agree the IP is doing very well at this. The brand gets eyes and the Alliance connection gets them good tournaments. (They “run” an exceptional KC tourney.)

Of course, so do Bandits and Chill. Not sure anyone is else in Chicago area can point to accomplishing those things consistently - event the other big brands like Glory, Batbusters, etc.