Will you blame Aspas, Less, or LOUD as an org for not giving the best player of 2022-2023 a raise and being general scumbags regarding the entire roster's compensation?
yes, this current loud roster just doesn't hit the same, its so weird cuz they were insane at lock//in and vct americas, but then they just somehow fell off, ik they have 1 more chance to prove themselves through lower bracket, but holy shit if sacy and pancada were still here, assuming everything was going well internally, they would've won lock//in, easily won vct americas EVEN WHEN HIDING STRATS, AND gotten ATLEAST top 4 in tokyo.
He's actually right though. Fnatic looked insane. Loud comparatively did not, though they looked good.
They dropped a bunch of maps and had to stage several come backs during the season. They went 8-1 but that doesn't paint an accurate picture of their overall performance.the numbers don't lie, chill
It's not as simple a situation as "LOUD has to match the salary that SEN offered Sacy and Pancada". Sacy and Pancada very clearly hold brazil dearly and they love their teammates. If LOUD had just offered a high enough salary that was higher than what they were being paid but not as high as SEN's offer I guarantee you Sacy and Pancada would've stayed with LOUD.
The issue here is that LOUD didn't evenn want to give Aspas a raise, and what's more, they prohibit him from hiring an agent to speak on his behalf. This is predatory at best and exploitative at worst
We're talking about a championship winning team that is being given free money by Riot as an official partner and which is unique among all other franchised teams in that it prohibits its players from hiring an agent to speak on their behalf. You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.
LOUD was chosen specifically because they are not broke.
Sorry but I can't take an illiterate's take seriously lmao
Go read the official rulebook of Riot's Valorant partnership league, everything I said is right there.
Free money does not equal unlimited money, but aspas is not asking for unlimited money. You're acting like Aspas is demanding a 5 mil dollar salary. He just wanted a raise, and if the amount he asked for was for whatever reason a bit too much, then the blame is still on the org for forcing him to negotiate on his own instead of letting him have an agent in the first place.
Loud has more than enough money for this
This just goes to show that if the team mental is not good. They can’t perform. We all know Loud as Individuals are pretty fucking talented.
You can’t blame anyone in this situation. NA Orgs have money to throw around. Plus when you see problem right infront of you, you tend to create problems that weren’t even there in the first place.
No one is to blame
The org is absolutely right in not giving him a raise. They need to stay operational, make the numbers work, also 5 BRL = 1 Dollar, so there is no way they can match NA’s braindead salary offers. Yes. Braindead, look at sentinels and what is happening right now. Players don’t need high salaries, their performance compensation comes from winning tournaments.
Less is not to blame, the meta changes, competitiveness increases, if aspas is not comfortable on different agents then life goes on.
A player leaving a roster is not the end of the world