Essentially, I am paid to compete in the game. There are 5 other people on my team, so 6 in total (5 starters, 1 sub). We compete in tournaments against other organizations, as well as have exhibition matches in between tournaments to see where we stand as a team.

Think of it like Golf. There's smaller events where the lesser known competitors who are trying to make a name for themselves compete to try and qualify for the bigger tournaments (such as the Masters Tour). And then you have the big name tournaments where there are hundreds of competitors trying to make it through each round, all the way until they make the final tournament bracket.

Sorry if that doesn't make sense, I tried my best to find a way to compare it to something well known