what format is better?

open circuit or franchising?

Franchising is more profitable but Org dominated, which is why c9 doing -rossy fucks his career. Also closes off tier 2 and turns tier 1 into reshuffles every year, ak.a no consistency
Open Circuit is more fair but it can only run with a healthy tier 2 scene like in CS (where bookies are the main sponsors), and you still sadly have to deal with match fixers as your opponents. Although it does create a more stable scene with a pipeline of newer players and filters to sort good from bad