10 Chinese teams drop entire rosters simultaneously to avoid bidding wars
An interesting turn of events took place today in which big names such
as LGD Gaming, Newbee and Invictus Gaming all dropped their entire
rosters on the MRP page. Although it appears there was some reasoning
behind it.
The mass release of players is part of a joint decision by top flight Chinese teams
Before we all go bonkers at how LGD and Newbee have dropped their entire rosters despite them both being direct invites to TI6, it's important to note that they all may well rejoin the teams they left.
List of Chinese teams who dropped their entire rosters today:
Newbee
LGD-Gaming
CDEC Gaming
EHOME
Vici Gaming
According to HuoMaoTV's Weibo post as well as other sources in China including DaDianJing, the mass release of players from mainstream Chinese teams earlier today was part of an organised effort to tackle contract breaches and bidding wars. With the drop deadline soon approaching, apparently certain well-known players were using the limited time frame to bargain for higher salaries or trigger a larger transfer fee.
Chinese fans during TI6
In theory any player of a certain value could leave their organisation's MRP page without permission - which has already happened - and then refuse to rejoin it unless certain conditions were met. What is more if a team wishes to buy a player from another team, they still require the player to leave the MRP page before September 4th, which could lead to bidding wars as teams rush to secure the services of a player before the drop deadline.
To address this apparent "issue" all of the top flight Chinese teams except TI6 winners Wings Gaming dropped their entire remaining rosters today. The aim of this move is apparently to level the playing field and avoid teams being tempted to use underhand tactics to poach players from rival teams, or for certain players to try to leverage higher salaries by playing the system.
The move by the Chinese organisations means that all of the exciting roster news today are essentially void, as any player who was released from their team today could well return to play for the same organisation before the roster lock on September 18th.
For the players themselves the mass release could mean less room to negociate a good deal with their current or future team, and the actions of a few Chinese players have unfortunately caused a ripple effect across the entire Chinese scene. This is a scenario Valve may not have anticipated when they introduced the drop period, and the move by the Chinese organisations has essentially turned the drop period on its head.
Chinese organisations unite in releasing rosters
Before we all go bonkers at how LGD and Newbee have dropped their entire rosters despite them both being direct invites to TI6, it's important to note that they all may well rejoin the teams they left.
List of Chinese teams who dropped their entire rosters today:
Newbee
LGD-Gaming
CDEC Gaming
EHOME
Vici Gaming
Vici Gaming Reborn
Invictus Gaming
iG.Vitality
CDEC.AVENGER
CDEC.Youth
Invictus Gaming
iG.Vitality
CDEC.AVENGER
CDEC.Youth
According to HuoMaoTV's Weibo post as well as other sources in China including DaDianJing, the mass release of players from mainstream Chinese teams earlier today was part of an organised effort to tackle contract breaches and bidding wars. With the drop deadline soon approaching, apparently certain well-known players were using the limited time frame to bargain for higher salaries or trigger a larger transfer fee.
Release them all - Chinese organisations finds an unorthodox "solution"
In theory any player of a certain value could leave their organisation's MRP page without permission - which has already happened - and then refuse to rejoin it unless certain conditions were met. What is more if a team wishes to buy a player from another team, they still require the player to leave the MRP page before September 4th, which could lead to bidding wars as teams rush to secure the services of a player before the drop deadline.
To address this apparent "issue" all of the top flight Chinese teams except TI6 winners Wings Gaming dropped their entire remaining rosters today. The aim of this move is apparently to level the playing field and avoid teams being tempted to use underhand tactics to poach players from rival teams, or for certain players to try to leverage higher salaries by playing the system.
Not an ideal scenario for the majority of Chinese players
The move by the Chinese organisations means that all of the exciting roster news today are essentially void, as any player who was released from their team today could well return to play for the same organisation before the roster lock on September 18th.
For the players themselves the mass release could mean less room to negociate a good deal with their current or future team, and the actions of a few Chinese players have unfortunately caused a ripple effect across the entire Chinese scene. This is a scenario Valve may not have anticipated when they introduced the drop period, and the move by the Chinese organisations has essentially turned the drop period on its head.
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