By S49 the Chicago Syndicate will climb past New Orleans as the better expansion franchise.

The Chicago Syndicate were very safe with their picks in the expansion draft. So safe that everyone called them out for being terrible with their picks. The biggest problem was the Specters went for the talent in a lot of cases and were less interested in long-term potential of who they were picking. Chicago did so, and because of this started out with a pretty awful team comparitively. However with those high draft picks coming into their possession (considering New Orleans is likely to make the playoffs these next two seasons while Chicago will be missing out) they will have a better potential to select elite talent and have long-term success. With two more seasons to go before S49 begins New Orleans could see a lot of that talent they acquired drop off while Chicago will be on their way up.