People in the scene complain about the Tier 1,5 / 2 teams asking too much for players is ruining the transfers. But aren’t the academy teams a big, underrated problem as well?
Teams like TSM, T1, C9, Knights are signing decent Tier 2 teams/players like Poiz or the EZ5 roster, which makes it harder for normal 1,5/2 teams to get those players since they have contracts now vs being an amateur team. And so they are more reluctant to let players go, if you cant replace them properly
There is not even an academy league in place, so whats the point of hoarding these players? Especially for orgs like Knights, BBG whose first team isn’t even that good, what value does a second team add.