Impetus: Former AD carry for European team Fnatic, “Rekkles” rejoins Fnatic after being on a shitty team during 2015 spring split.  Fnatic cuts “Steelback,” the AD carry that contributed to Fnatic winning the 2015 spring split outright.

Normally, I try to remain neutral when it comes to the argument of “should eSports be classified as real sports,” because there are multiple parts of all arguments that I agree and disagree with.  But this is a story that upon reading it, makes me realize that eSports are very much capable of acting like athletic sports, when it comes to asset management; assets being the players themselves.

Personally, I think this is a really shitty scenario, in which ultimately, a good player is screwed and cut, on account of a supposed better player being available, and being immediately scooped up to replace him.  This is a similar situation that I’ve seen in all major athletic sports, be it baseball, basketball and football, and makes me feel the irony in that screwing players, is where eSports really can bridge the gap between themselves and athletic sports.

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