https://x.com/entropiqteam/status/1796616530270068762?s=46&t=-3egK92HOw99oyeW3UFXsw
https://www.hltv.org/events/7552/blast-premier-spring-groups-2024
https://www.hltv.org/events/7440/esl-pro-league-season-19
you can see current partner teams here in these events. this will all stop next year but the major qualifiers have nothing to do with this.
CS doesn't have franchising. Some tournament orgs allow partnered teams, so consistently good teams or orgs with big viewership can ensure an invite, some may even auto them past the first group stage. But that's the biggest extent of it.
It has never applied to Majors.
They'll still be playing against teams or any tier of they manage to qualify for the event.
It's not like the Valorant closed circuit