But those issues are all handled fairly easily with some advance thought. Double elimination can, no doubt, be more exciting as you try to claw your way back out of the losers' bracket. On the other hand, double elimination can result in an inordinate number of games for those coming out of the loser's bracket. The number of games is much better balanced between all teams when using round robin. On balance, even as a manager I prefer round robin, for all the reasons stated by Darrell.
Planning is much, much easier.
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