i dont think they can, correct me if im wrong but I feel like Soniq's would of done it last year with there squad. They had a team with Runi as there IGL who lost to OREsports and as a result left the esport even though they seemed committed

they might "buy" there spot when a team qualifies that isn't owned by anyone and is an LFT team. Happened last year with the likes of Breakthru to Moist Moguls and Dark Ratio to Mad Lions

an ORG that lost in the open quails last year for T2 but are going for it again this year

they said that the seeding will work based on rankings from last year

if you based it fully off last year where EG as seed 1 is in group 3, LOUD seed 2 in group 1 and NRG or C9 (doesnt matter for this example) are in Group 2 for Seed 3 and then continue like that with 4 being in 2 5 in 1 6 in 3 then you get a perfect 2 NA 2 SA in group 1, 2 NA 2 SA in group 2 and 2 NA 1 SA in group 3.

rocket on twitter is the new spreadsheet person and has one for tier 2, Turtle Troop, M80, Oxygen, MxS all have spots rn, TSM needs to announce if they want there spot back same with Faze and Mad Lions otherwise open qualifiers to decide who has the spots. (OResports also has a spot but seem unlikely to want it) Turtle Troop are the only squad yet to have a team but it will be IGL'ed by WeDid.

well Governor was playing back in NA again in December and it seems likely its him

his contract is done in January, it probably ends later this month