Its delayed fun. Our thesis would be that you can get "30" fun this year or "25" fun this year - but if you take the "25" fun now you might get "80 or 90" in the future. Not all of us need instant gratification. In addition, you get fun for whatever you are rooting for. So, if I want us to lose vs LA, and am rooting for a pick, I could get fun from that. I could also get way more fun on May 17th and June 23rd than the universe where the team makes the playoffs.
Everybody has the same exact goal, some just see a path for more enjoyment by delaying instant gratification. They might be right, might be wrong with regard to their calculation but the logic behind it is sound.