If anyone is familiar with LoL please tell me what the controversy is about, I’ve heard of it but from what I’m seeing a lot of people are against EDG on this
I found out what the legal dispute was
"In December, Edward Zhu, EDG’s owner, reportedly revealed that the organization had almost doubled Scout’s salary at the end of 2021 following the team’s title-winning campaign at the World Championship. This came after Scout had allegedly agreed to join an LCK team — believed to be KT Rolster — while still under contract with EDG.
The matter was settled after EDG spoke with Riot, but Scout again expressed a wish to return to Korea at the end of the 2022 season. According to Zhu, EDG gave the player permission to move to the LCK if he could find a team that offered him a better salary. No such offer materialized, which resulted, Zhu said, in a “really awkward” situation when Scout returned to China.
In the end, the player moved to LPL rival LNG, who were after a mid laner to replace the departing Kim ‘Doinb’ Tae-sang. The team is currently ranked fourth in the LPL Summer standings, with a 10-4 record, and has already guaranteed a spot in the playoff stage, which features the top ten teams of the regular season."
TLDR: edg doubled scouts salary, scout said he wanted to go to korea, edg said sure if you find a team, scout didnt find a team, scount joined LNG, edg got pissed and locked him in chinas borders
From what I could gather + remember:
2021 offseason - EDG wins Worlds, Scout wants to return to LCK after, signs a contract with KT Rolster without EDG's knowledge and while still being contracted with EDG. EDG manage to resolve the situation, tell Scout that money isn't a problem and ups his pay, ask that he stays with them until retirement.
2022 offseason - Scout wants to return to LCK again after 22 season, EDG tells him that he can go on the condition he joins a roster that can match his current pay. If I remember right, the rumor for the offseason was that he was joining Hanwha Life Esports, but they eventually decided on Zeka, and the other top teams had mids locked up already, so he didn't return to LCK. EDG supposedly lowered their bid for him since he had not many choices left, but was outbid by LNG and Scout joined them. (This is the part where I'm a bit hazy on because afaik Scout was a free agent at this point so EDG shouldn't really be able to give him conditionals).
2023 - Scout plays with LNG for the year, around Summer playoffs rumors pop up saying EDG is pursuing legal action for his signing of an illegal contract with KT in 2021 offseason. That legal dispute continues today.
2024 - EDG wins the legal dispute and Scout has to pay a fine, but EDG were not satisfied with the punishment and want a second trial, have requested that Scout cannot leave the country during the civil proceedings which is a thing for lawsuits in China, which leads us to where we are now in that Scout may not be able to go to Worlds 2024 unless EDG remove the travel ban.