and then there’s the “conservatives” who have the ability to spot differences as wall as similarities. The NFL, or any league, is hurt if a team at the bottom is in effect a useless team. They are bound to keep them viable, if at all possible. The field of engineering has no reason to make the worst engineering firm any better. An entertaining sports league is both competitive and collective at once. Some “Conservatives” think, then post.
As long as you keep won-lost records and standings of the teams, there's going to be someone at the bottom. That's the sports are and that's the way life is.
What the heck is "useless" team? If my team beats a bad team, I enjoy the win just the same. Just about every bad team is financially viable anyhow, especially in the NFL where everyone is guaranteed massive TV contract revenue whether they win or lose. And if that losing team has an incentive to improve, let them go out and pay market rates for the best management, coaches, and players they can find. Or let them sell their franchise to someone who will.
That's real capitalism, not mercantilism or collectivism.