What I would do if I were in Riots position

#1

Liwus

Split Americas into 2 leagues for 2026

North League

100T
EG
Sentinels
NRG
G2
Cloud9
A Latam North team
An Ascension team

South League

Loud
Furia
Mibr
2G
Kru
Lev
A latam south Ascension tean
A Br Ascension team

If they want to keep same number of teams attending masters

1st place of each for Masters 1
1st place of each + 2nd place of the region that did better on first master for the second one
1st and 2nd of each region for Champions.

Which problems would arise if this was to happen? Anyone would be unhappy?

If things stay the way they are I think latam + br viewership and players will eventually get alienated from the Americas League, which they already find difficult to see as theirs.

#2

burritx

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Literally just bring back pre-franchising format if you want to have this

#5

Liwus

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Franchising is important to bring financial stability to the whole system. It helps to bring on sponsors and to solidify fanbases

#3

JawXG

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If you want a simple answer it's that riot would have to spend a lot more money so I doubt this would happen. They would claim it to be an issue with preserving the "exclusivity and prestige" of tier 1 but the reason they have one Americas league is because having two would mean doubling broadcasts, arenas, transport, security etc which is a massive cost

#4

Liwus

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I dont think the price is increased tbh. They would spend a lot less by having half of the teams play in Brazil, the players minimum wage that is basic paid by riot would be lower, and the infrastructure is already there.