Riot games to introduce franchising

[Sean 3760]

http://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/evolution-of-the-na-lcs

 

Essentially they are always gonna have the same 10 teams in the league, these changes will include 75k stable GUARANTEED salaries, player unions, etc.

 

Pretty much turning the NA League circuit into a mini NBA. Crazy.

[Ordinarygamer96 785]

Just now, Sean said:

 GAURANTEED 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is cool news tho. Another step towards legitimizing esports

[TheAAAngel 65]

I agree esports is a real sport

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[Sith 1050]

We'll see, Riot has a history of fucking over the players and their staff. Hopefully this'll be a turn in the right direction.

[Imperium 295]

Wait does this stop orgs from selling their position in the league to another org?

 

Or does this just enable them to sell their position in the league for even more money 

[Destin 1958]

1 hour ago, TheAAAngel said:

I agree esports is a real sport

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you already have 50 posts you can stop now

 

Anyways this is a really good thing. Making teams have a buy in of $10mill and making all teams have an academy team will mean orgs are willing to try more things without the fear of losing one game and getting relegated and it should make developing home grown talent easier. Looking forward to this in 2018

[Don Juan 679]

Just now, Imperium said:

Wait does this stop orgs from selling their position in the league to another org?

 

Or does this just enable them to sell their position in the league for even more money 

I don't see how this will work for anyone in the long run as the value of your spot is worth only worth so much unless you actually have a team that can win shit. 

[Rune 2783]

Can't wait to see this enabling kids to sit and be lazy while attempting their dreams of becoming a professional gamer. Not that it hasn't already been a thing, mind you.

[Sith 1050]

18 hours ago, Rune said:

Can't wait to see this enabling kids to sit and be lazy while attempting their dreams of becoming a professional gamer. Not that it hasn't already been a thing, mind you.

 

Everytime I see a pro players "spotlight" video and hear "I dropped out of high school, parents kicked me out, but I kept working for my dream" I cringe

 

You literally narrowed down your life's opportunities just to chase employment based on another video game developers game balancing and their success. That's shaky ground to make a living off of.

[Amoeba 576]

Just now, Sith said:

 

Everytime I see a pro players "spotlight" video and hear "I dropped out of high school, parents kicked me out, but I kept working for my dream" I cringe

 

You literally narrowed down your life's opportunities just to chase employment based on another video game developers game balancing and their success. That's shaky ground to make a living off of.

The funny thing is, most players that do that never make it pro and soon regret it while only 5%~ actually do go into the pro scene. They should really just never mention about dropping out or something. I feel like its just a bomb ready to set off on kids who think they can do the same without any issues.