Can someone explain why C9 is punished but Bjergsen owning psrt of TSM is fine?

MeilinII·11/20/2019, 2:23:11 AM·1 votes·2,955 views
LCS Competitive Ruling: Cloud9

Lcs ruling today punishes C9 for including stock as compensation, how come theres no problem with Bjergsen as an owner player in TSM? Curious

6 Comments

2Charmnot2Charm11/20/2019, 2:53:04 AM2 votes

C9 has been doing it for who knows how long behind riot’s back.

TSM went to riot and worked out a deal to allow this.

MrFawknSunshine11/20/2019, 3:31:33 AM1 votes

i think the difference is the C9 players arent actual owners but share holders like if any one would buy stock in any company. where as Berj contract gave him % ownership of TSM.

now why does it matter to RIOT i dont have a clue, a lot of companies offers employees stock options but that by no means state they are owners or controlling partners of said business

Dank smell11/20/2019, 4:13:28 AM1 votes

Because riot felt bad for sneaky and decided to take it out on the C9 team that screwed him over. Fk C9 coaching

MeilinII11/20/2019, 4:27:40 AM1 votes

OH I didn't realize there was an exception for longtime players of a brand like Stixxay and Bjerg. That makes sense. Thanks for the info guys!

As for the reason players aren't supposed to own stock, I always figured it was a match fixing based rule, but who knows.