When a baseball team wins the World Series, or a football team wins the World Cup, they don't get booted out of the next tournament. The tournament is fair if everybody has a fair chance. Best teams in the world in all kinds of sports win all the time, but that doesn't mean they're impossible to beat. Its up to the other teams to get stronger to beat out the reigning champions. Right now it may seem unfair, but if people really try to practice with the same team and get stronger as a team, they have a better shot at winning than anyone else. Its all about who has the better team altogether. Rufus is right; no other team in the world for any sport would be kicked out of a tournament for winning the previous one.