While we're all having a lot of fun at Essendon's expense, can we just stop to consider for a moment what would happen if they were to fold? Face it, we need them around, so that we can hate them. If Essendon were to cease to exist, then what'd be the point? All our future premierships wouldn't be quite so sweet, because we didn't win them at their expense.
It'd be like if Batman finally finished off the Joker.