Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
My bad, lost myself in my own rant! Why would pro teams deny themselves an opportunity to win to appease a sponsor?
So I thought about it. The short answer is because the sponsor's stroke some BA checks which enable the team to operate.
I can't seem to get the long answer condensed down enough. It would come down to the team thinking the possible marginal gain not being enough to offset losing the sponsor. Sponsors are hard to come by these days.