Looking at how fast the big orgs are getting involved in this game and has been picking up teams left, right & center. Some signing more notable players than others. This puts some questions in my mind:
- Are the signings long-term?
- Will pro players be stuck in contract hell this early into the scene?
Logically it would not be wise by the orgs to pull long-term contracts with any teams as of this phase of the game. Reading up the recent news about 100T releasing 4 of their players makes me think that short-term is the case, well..at least from 100T. Them signing nitr0 immediately as well as keeping Hiko, both very prominent names from CSGO scene - makes me think some of the big orgs, at the very least, are going about it the right way. For example in the case of ScreaM & fish123 where Liquid CEO said :
We really focused and like him as the cornestone for our roster
It's likely the same case with 100T & Hiko given the recent news.
What worries me basically is 'cuz I've seen players that have shown potential very early in the scene to be very scattered among different teams where the rest of the players (in those teams) doesn't seem as skilled as that particular one - cNed & BBL for instance. Would be sad if the signings are long-term..even 6 months, in this stage of the game, seems long in my book. If this is the case with most players they've signed with, that would basically mean career ending moves before their careers even properly started.
I guess I really don't want this scene to end up becoming like CSGO one; where standard contracts became 2+ years each teams where it ended up hurting the player's careers: Either by not being motivated to play with the same teammates anymore or by being benched for years where the price of buying them became enormous. This was the case with no-so-big orgs too.
Thoughts on this matter?
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