Nongshim

Now that I think of it, why didn’t they just sign their old roster as an academy team? Like if xross was still with them they’d be frying korea.

before anyone says money problems i dont think so they have alot of backing

the number of acad teams in vcl kr was filled(3 iirc) so they couldnt keep their old t2 team

z12 [#3]

the number of acad teams in vcl kr was filled(3 iirc) so they couldnt keep their old t2 team

there is a limit for that ?

Xross is their sixth man but i think that since there’s already 3 academy rosters in the league it would be tooo much since they need teams that can actually ascend which is why FearX(old Liiv Sandbox) owns them now

Frogger0_0 [#4]

there is a limit for that ?

i think it’s just kind of a logistics thing. Since these rosters cannot ascend, making the majority of teams fully academy rosters means less orgs with an incentive to ascend and it would cause a TGRD issue if that team did get to ascension and win because they’d be having an org buy out the team as a whole. It’s stupid but in riots eyes i guess it kinda makes sense. It’s probably why like Loud doesn’t have an official academy roster same with Kru who just are affiliated with Oxen

Signing academy teams is expensive as fuck. Not to mention 5 man rosters plus coach is already unprofitable for a lot of teams, and that's the bare minimum.