> Shifting the revenue to a franchise model seems like it solves the majority of their lease issues, and still lets them be useful, even in smaller markets. Th

> Shifting the revenue to a franchise model seems like it solves the majority of their lease issues, and still lets them be useful, even in smaller markets. The beauty of this idea is that they could make some money while all of this settles out, and then it would pave the way for another PE to come along and start rolling up all of the most profitable locations until they re-consume all the properties again.