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League Of Legends Pro Players Are Striking, Riot Threatens To Cancel Season (www.gamespot.com)
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[–] mounderfod@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The action started in protest to a rules change whereby Riot Games no longer requires teams competing in the top-level LCS league to also field a team for the developmental-level NACL league, PC Gamer reported. A number of teams immediately cut their NACL rosters in response to the change, which according to the LCS Players Association, impacted at least 70 jobs including players, coaches, and managers

Tbh it is concerning that riot is able to try to discourage strike action by threatening to cancel the season, especially since it seems to be a justified strike

[–] mint@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's because the league is just an advertising vehicle to them. It's not a traditional sport like the NBA. They can just kill it and keep it pushing because they don't actually care about the sport.

[–] Neuromancer@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The same thing has happened in traditional professional sports in the past. The entire 2004-2005 season in the NHL was cancelled due to a labor dispute.

[–] mint@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

Oh damn