I’ve seen some articles coming out out here and there about DIG and about The Warriors owner getting in. Just curious when everything becomes official. Who is guaranteed a franchise spot and who is guaranteed leaving.
ChompyWulf1 votesThat will probably be news they save for after Worlds. Or at least until NA is fully out. So maybe next Sunday.
IncrediPhiLL1 votesAny current NA teams you’re positive will make it?
warpenguin5553 votesConsidering the amount of viewership NA would lose without CLG/C9/TSM, its probably safe to say they're staying. Viewership is the reason they're going back to best of 1's
Maszii1 votesAny current NA teams you’re positive will make it?
TSM/C9/CLG will make it. Also a new team is comming in (owned by GSW stakeholders). Im hoping G2 will make it aswell. FNC/MSF didnt make the cut unfortunately. So that makes 3/10. Think TL will make it aswell.
FableBlaze1 votesIm hoping G2 will make it aswell. FNC/MSF didnt make the cut unfortunately.
Wait? Wasn't franchising supposed to be only NA thing?
Or am i becoming senile already? 
Walla says ez1 votesIf any EU team moves to NA i uninstall league [slayer-jinx-catface]
IncrediPhiLL1 votesG2 or any EU team couldn’t legally play in NA due to the regional restrictions. Unless RIOT changes the rules or G2 gets a NA team.
Miror B1 votesTo be fair, apparently 4 EU teams applied to join NA as what's happening there is far worse than all the stuff regi talked about (with teams losing on average $1.5m per year, and lacking any sort of insurances aside from "hope rito will ease up eventually").
Late For Tea1 votesG2 or any EU team couldn’t legally play in NA due to the regional restrictions. Unless RIOT changes the rules or G2 gets a NA team.
From what I've heard regarding this stance, G2 is allowed to move to NA but would have to ditch their players. Due to the import limit, they would practically have to assemble an entirely new rooster.
Miror B1 votesFrom what I can understand, the "official" announcement will be made exactly two weeks before the start of free agency, or in the November 6th range. This will be to give teams the time needed to either buyout contracts of players they're not using (in the case of denied teams) or to give them time to prepare lists of who they want to target (for everyone else).
Also, according to a few rumors I've been hearing NV, P1, Dig, and TSM are expected to be out while C9, CLG, IMT, and the golden state warriors thingy are in.
IncrediPhiLL1 votesFrom what I can understand, the "official" announcement will be made exactly two weeks before the start of free agency, or in the November 6th range. This will be to give teams the time needed to either buyout contracts of players they're not using (in the case of denied teams) or to give them time to prepare lists of who they want to target (for everyone else).
Also, according to a few rumors I've been hearing NV, P1, Dig, and TSM are expected to be out while C9, CLG, IMT, and the golden state warriors thingy are in.
I’d be very surprised if TSM didn’t get in.
Maszii1 votesNV P1 and Dig out. IMT, CLG, C9, GSW and Optic seem in. And yes EU teams applied just to show how shit Riot is dealing with their region.
IncrediPhiLL1 votesI knew they applied. It doesn’t make sense to me for RIOT to franchise some leagues and not the others. Honestly, I don’t like the franchise idea anyway. Riot is continually trying to figure out what is best for their personal bank accounts with no concern for the teams, players, and fans.
Late For Tea1 votesIt is incredibly sad to hear how bad it is in the EU LCS, especially because there still isn't any concrete information on the format that we'll be running. I can totally understand EU teams wanting to leave that behind and go to NA, though I'm kind of happy that 3/4 teams that applied didn't get accepted (and potentially the 4th neither). If all those 4 teams would have left, they may as well have disbanded the EU LCS.
After hearing the news of DIG not making it in, and a new team (that I as an EU player have no knowledge of) making it in, I am very curious what 10 teams will face off next year.
Miror B1 votesSo yeah, gonna just add to this thing. NV and P1 are "officially" OUT, while OpTic Gaming are IN.