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well if that's right then i guess it answers most of the questions, though nadeshot himself said in a recent stream that it had more to do with "changes having to be made", and it seems the whole decision came from within the players themselves.
it could very well be related to steel's irl problems and what not, but I would argue there's always more to it than just a single quote from the benched player in this case
From 1974 to 1986, the American steel industry was mired in a deep depression. The primary cause was the ten-year economic downturn sparked by the OPEC oil embargo and the Iranian revolution. ... Between 1979 and 1982 more than 150,000 steelworkers were made redundant and hundreds of steel facilities were closed