3k - 5k /month is min wage in a lot of NA cities. la/ny min wage is like $17.50-$18 a hr so that is talking about minimum wage
I also think he clarified he was respond to seans' video about "going back to" when all these orgs were in the scene. nurfed was saying we likely couldn't because those orgs who didn't make franchising lost all there other leverages for revenue. he wasn't slamming franchising. riot would have to revamp t2 and give it more support like people have been asking