You guys are all correct obviously. It's funny how the game works. I've done (actually a decent job) of having a good team and staying profitable. The catch is, you don't make enough profit to buy a huge name and keep them, and then you keep ending up losing to the eventual champion (except that one time Believe lost when he wasn't supposed to, thus keeping my stint here one year longer).
I'm hopeful that both Buckets and I will get out in the next two seasons. But to be honest, if I don't make it out this season, I'm probably just going to try and reboot so I can stay interested.