most optic fans ( i am one of them) dont remember the fact that they did not wish to stay together after 2022. franchising or not. They talked about it at that time --- after the loss to LOUD, there was too much tension within.
matter of fact, franchising sort of forced optic core without yay to stay together cause of having only 5 franchised NA orgs. Their internal problems came back to surface in NRG which made FNS leave. He said that he would rather not wash dirty laundry in public which is why they never said anything.
Optic as 5 players with Chet would never return even if there was an org that would buy them. Thats the reality