Not having to play extra matches or getting side selection is not a big enough advantage for someone who NEVER lost. What would they get out of it?
Would a bracket reset be good for viewership? Might be way too long for most people, and would lessen the stakes of the first set. If a team started with a 1-0 advantage that could result in a 2-0 dud of a final. I just don’t see many good solutions here…
The way Valorant and Dota community views double elim as seeding most importantly. The players and rest of the community sees it all differently. If Swiss and group stage is seeding teams for top 8, then double elim is seeding for the top 2.
Maybe make the entire lower bracket bo5 and upper bracket bo3 which would help the UB team have longer prep and strat. You can see how JDG completely nullifide BLG when they played like 6 bo5s in 2 weeks.