no their contracts always were expiring at the end of year lmao (this is their head of esports)
https://x.com/junglejuicelol/status/1813298937551614217
"Wanted to clear up the misconception around this.
We had amendments to our player contracts before this season that originally expired in 2025. This was due to the uncertainty in the market at the time and it was done in all parties' best interests to align on the short term."
Follow up tweet:
"We had some miscommunication on our end with Riot during all of our internal changes and we've followed up with them promptly so that the correct end dates were structured in on the GCD.
All parties are aware of this and I apologize for the false sense of alarm."