radical idea to fix tier 2

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Aayan

franchise tier 2. franchise, not partner
with selling slots and stuff, the whole shebang

It will cost money for sure but it's the only surefire way to fix tier 2 imo. The whole concept of tier 2 only works if there's smooth relegation/promotion (and there clearly isn't, and making it otherwise will ruin the stability of tier 1, so the solution is imo is just to extent the tier 1 treatment down to tier 2 (with some caveats))

It is expensive yes but they 100% have the money we know how much viewership China has brought in for the scene so it shouldn't be a difficult sell to any investor

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rtyu

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this is basically the only only option that works with riots current system

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yeah pretty much, I think they could make it tie in to premier too, giving F/A teams an opportunity to get picked up by a t2 org

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yeah i agree they need to support the orgs in t2. players will play but the orgs have to pay

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Agree

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LimeScar

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does tier 2 in LoL have the same problem as val

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Aayan

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I have no idea, what I do know is that t1 League is franchised and it's caused some headaches with orgs holding too much power. That's why they used the partner system in tier 1 val to have leverage over the orgs. Imo giving leverage over tier 2 to orgs is the best tradeoff they can hope for right now which is why I think a franchise would work better than partnership

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great idea, yet unfortunately riot don't seem to plan on applying it

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Aayan

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yeah unfortunately not much we on vlr can really do but make threads and discuss it with the hope that one day John Riot reads it and becomes inspired