The loser absorbs the league's administrative grunt work for a year: collecting dues, chasing lineup-setters, scheduling the draft, and managing the one guy who never answers. It is invisible labor that everyone else finally appreciates by delegating. The commissioner takes a sabbatical at the loser's expense.
The long haul: this is not a one-afternoon sentence. With a time commitment of full season, the punishment keeps paying out (for everyone else) long after the season ends. Long sentences need a written end date and a league-appointed enforcer who checks compliance.
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