Bots are buying Theros packs for $3.10 and selling Theros packs for $3.25 on the MTGO trade boards. Currently, the prize payouts for Legacy 2-man and 8-man queues are Theros boosters.

I enjoy playing competitive (vs. tournament practice) queues because I find the competition to be more fierce, my opponent's deck to be of a higher quality, and my opponent's dedication to the game to be higher (no rage quitting and if rage quitting does occur, then I get a free pack ).

However, the repurchase price on the secondary market is very low, which acts as a type of tax or rake on playing in the competitive matches. When you enter a match, it costs 2 tickets ($2). When you win, you receive a booster pack that you can sell for 3.1 tickets ($3.10), so $.90 is lost with every win. When you lose, you get nothing.

Given the poor resale value of the Theros packs, a player's win rate needs to be unrealistically high in order to break even or make money playing in 2-man queues (a player needs to win 2 matches for every match loss - possible over short intervals, but impossible over the long-term when playing against other highly-competitive players).

Therefore, I am stuck in a conundrum:
Do I continue to play the more competitive 2-man queues and pay to play (lose money because I cannot consistently win 2 out of 3 matches)?
Do I play in the tournament practice room and face less competitive opponents (and thus lower my enjoyment of playing the game)?
Do I take a respite and wait for pack prices to rebound (depending upon the packs and block release cycle, packs can be resold for $3.75-$3.80 (much less of a tax - money can be made with a more realistic win percentage) and occasionally, packs can be resold for over $4 (when the prize packs are the first release of a 3-release block and the third release is out booster drafts dictate that the first block booster pack will be sold at above $4 per pack))?
Do I stop playing competitive queues all together?
Do I write Wizards and attempt to have their payout structure changed to a structure that is less taxing?

I don't understand why Wizards does not distribute tickets as prizes. Two tickets in by both players, four tickets out to the winner, easy does it- no need to worry about fluctuation in the secondary trade market.