Congratulations on your new job in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) front office. The league currently has 8 teams in the US and Canada, located mainly on the East Coast. This budding league is busy trying to find a team west of the Mississippi to help the Denver Outlaws find a rival. They could move a current team west or they could add an additional team.

Some of the teams have talked about disbanding the league and just operating as independent teams. How can you convince them that leagues are important? Give 3 examples of things that individual owners cannot do by themselves, but leagues can accomplish? Name 3 things owners could do, but they do better as a league.