Okay that sounds almost like a Check Please AU but *even sadder* than canon.

I still remember when I was a child and first learned about sports drafts and trades and was like "...you mean they can bid on *people*? Or trade them like Halloween candy? And then they have to go there and work for them even if they don't want to be? They don't get to pick?" and ever since then I have not quite understood how people can be a fan of a "team" of people, at least half of whom would rather be anywhere else but have no choice.