Not really, I think small teams had little bargaining power over big teams. Unless small teams are willing to pay higher wages than maybe they can compete, but at that point would you call them small teams anymore?π. So nothing changes.
One of my concerns with T1 academy teams now playing in T2 is that it actually made the scene way more unfair for T2 orgs, especially Japan, orgs like CGZ and Igzist couldn't even qualify to sp2 and small orgs will be facing the same problem but bigger. So adding ZETA academy and DFM academy(yes they announced building one prior to the announcement, perhaps they knew beforehand π) into the scene actually impedes competition.
Expected ngl after the expansion of the "south asia" VCL.
Although I thought it would just be the announcement of the academy roster that they said they were building ages ago. (no clue if they actually did that or not)
That rumoured Orangutan roster will probably still be a more exciting VCL India project, unless GE can get a few of the players.