16 teams, so 1/16 odds for each team to win, right? Right?
Obviously, sometimes there are upsets within games, but overall teams still have advantages as you can see with the odds from a CS tournament here:
And if it were the same odds for each team, why would betting even exist?
Either way, I don't think David is saying that the winners should choose the hats, but the people who compete, and have a higher
chance of winning should have a bigger say than others.
Also, do you see any of the recently made GST hats being worn by the people that have won? How about the GST hats from a looong time ago? Personally, I still see those sometimes.