did falcon disband because they are saudi arabian?

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they are owned by PIF

the ultimates are not owned by PIF

therefore riot is ok with ultimates ascending, but not falcons

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what's PIF?

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saudi public investment fund

so saudi government

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Public Investment Fund. They own atleast half of Saudi football league, WWE, Newcastle United and other sports team including many esports orgs.Basically they are just a shell for Saudi government and royal family

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nice name

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But Valorant will be in the EWC next year, why would riot care if a team joined the league?

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Riot has weird policies. They already denied FLC's from LEC

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idk if it'd have to do with sportswashing or whatever comtroversial politics Saudi Arabia has

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no, I believe Falcons just didn't believe in them and therefore dropped them before ascension

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Riot blocked flacons attempted purchase in LEC so no it's not an issue of them believing in the roster. Rito has an issue with FLC

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if riot has a problem with FLC why is the GC team allowed to compete?

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because franchising has way stricter guidelines than t2/gc
Its not that Riot has an outright problem with falcons, its just that they dont pass the org vetting process they have for LEC (and presumably VCT)