LOUD is Innocent

A lot of people on this forum have been straight up waffling about the LOUD org

“They are scummy for not giving Aspas a raise”

What? How?

An e-sports org has to manage its finances so it can stay afloat in its market, it can either function in a healthy budget, or in an overpriced budget, which leads to budget cuts and layoffs.

Loud operate on Brazil, which means their main currency is BRL, Brazilian Reais.
Of which 5 BRLs = 1 Dollar

Now in a regular market of orgs LOUD has a disadvantage due to currency, but considering the sheer IDIOCY the Sentinels case exposed, not only does loud have to match offers five times larger, the offers are also disgustingly high, listen to Ardiis commenting about how expensive his contracts were.

If Aspas wants more money, there are dysfunctional orgs out there for him, but the moment the scene goes through any sort of turbulence, he will get the Yay treatment.

Also, duelists are the easiest roles to replace, there are hundreds of cracked duelists in ranked and tier 2/3

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Majority of players in the esports scene, especially Valorant are definitely being paid too much. I'm not saying that the organizations should take that pay away from them but it only provides the incentive that they have the money to sustain these salaries. Many orgs are already becoming unprofitable because of how much money they burn.

However, we can't make up a solid argument saying that Loud is scummy for not giving Aspas a raise since we don't know how much money was being requested for. It does make sense though since he is 100% their best and most known player.

it isn't about matching others offers
you give him a raise out of respect for him
at the time he asked for it he was considered by many to be the best player in the world along side derke
if loud gave him a small raise and an other org gave him a bigger raise do you think he'll leave ? no