Doesn't this whole derke situation basically tell all players to sign short term contracts? If you sign a long contract and you have an issue with the org they will just force you to the other side of the globe or to a shit team, or just force you to sit out the year. The only solution I see are player options, like in the nba (like a 1+1 contract, where the 2nd year is all up to the player to decide).
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But then they are benched with their reputation fucked over? They are protected economically, not from the result standpoint. They are athletes, their bread and butter is their competitive results. If you don't compete for 1.5 years your stocks are in the shitter. Yes, they will be protected for those 3 years, but then what happens afterwards? No tier 1 org will sign a player who missed 1.5 years of competition so he either becomes a content creator or goes to tier 2
What if a decent player is locked behind a huge buyout? Let's say kajak goes to fnatic, he signs a 3 year contract, with a buyout of, I dunno, let's say 300k. He does well in year 1 but some mega cracked duelist like aspas is on the market as a Free Agent, fnatic get him because he is an S tier player but Kajaak, who is A-tier is benched for him. Now all orgs know he is a great player but the buyout is just too big to warrant him playing. And Kajaak signed this contract with fnatic cuz he wants to compete for trophies, not cuz of clout. Who is to blame here?
You are assuming all players want to try hard constantly instead of enjoying easy money. Pancada took a half year break this year when Sentinel was willing let to transfer to another team for free. He claimed to sick while his inst was showing lots of party photos until other point it out.
There is a player on Vitality LOL team who is doing the samething for 1.5 years enjoying fat contract. He also stream sometimes for additional money.
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