Being favourite for drop is a good thing?

from a bookies point of view we must be great.
last 3 seasons we have been favourite (give or take) for relegation, short odds and reading on 606 many people must be putting money on us to go down.
But we have stayed up! So even with 3 promoted teams and teams in really poor financial state. Yet Barnsley are going down?
I'm starting to think we are short odds as a lure rather than based on history or players or even form.
Alot of horse races have short odd favourites 3/1 that are used to take the money while a 10/1 romps home.
Hope I'm right and the bookies are using us to take the money. (will start laying those bets) What do you lot recon?

 

very sensible point that is matey