americas franchise seems to be advantageous only for NA
since the franchise headquarters will be in los angeles, the NA teams that are not franchised, still managed to train with the elite of the americas
on the other hand, the teams that were not franchised from LATAM and BR, will end up in ostracism, since their region partners that are from the franchises would not be "available"
similar to what happened with the overwatch KR scenario
I predict an unfair match in ascension, NA will win this tournament with ease