by that logic GE flying out their shit Indian roster to Singapore every single time to get destroyed 0-2 0-2 by SEA teams to a relatively inconsequential tournament would be considered wasteful in your books too right?
but there's a lot of other things that these orgs/brands do achieve besides playing just the tournament when they are there and guess what that did contribute to them getting a slot in franchising to some extent so its not really as wasteful as you think it is.