{"id":15447,"date":"2021-04-22T15:56:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T15:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/lec-teams-vote-to-end-compulsory-fielding-of-academy-teams"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:04:49","slug":"lec-teams-vote-to-end-compulsory-fielding-of-academy-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/lec-teams-vote-to-end-compulsory-fielding-of-academy-teams","title":{"rendered":"LEC teams vote to end compulsory fielding of academy teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Owners of the organizations which make up the League of Legends European Championship, have voted to remove the rule requiring them to run an academy team, <a href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/league-of-legends\/news\/sources-lec-teams-wont-be-required-to-have-an-academy-team-in-2022\">according to a report in Dot Esports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nine out of ten voters were in favour of removing the rule, with Rogue being the one voting against. As of now, all teams are required to have a second League of Legends squad, which takes part in the European Regional League (ERL) system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ephox-summary-card\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BloopGG\/status\/1385242455340093446\"><a class=\"ephox-summary-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BloopGG\/status\/1385242455340093446\"><span class=\"ephox-summary-card-title\">Pablo Su&aacute;rez on Twitter<\/span><span class=\"ephox-summary-card-description\">@ROGUE was the team voting against.&mdash; Pablo Su&aacute;rez (@BloopGG) April 22, 2021<\/span><span class=\"ephox-summary-card-author\">Pablo Su&aacute;rez<\/span><span class=\"ephox-summary-card-website\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This change will come into force in 2022. Although, it&rsquo;s worth noting that most professional LEC teams are aiming to keep their academy team, as the source says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more, this isn&rsquo;t the only modification that the structure will go through. The franchises are also planning to set a limit of two LEC academy teams for each of the regional leagues. However, this doesn&rsquo;t seem as important, as there isn&rsquo;t any regional competition as of now that exceeds it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/league-of-legends-uniqlo-collaboration-revealed-kda-shirts\">League of Legends and Uniqlo collaboration revealed with K\/DA shirts<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The news comes amidst the European Masters Spring 2021 event, the culmination of the first half of the season for ERL teams.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s worth adding, that such change doesn&rsquo;t have to be damaging for the league&#8217;s ecosystem in Europe and most probably won&rsquo;t be. Some teams from the ERL have burgeoning fanbases and should be able to stand on their own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ephox-summary-card\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomMatthiesen\/status\/1385237672797609989\"><a class=\"ephox-summary-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomMatthiesen\/status\/1385237672797609989\"><span class=\"ephox-summary-card-title\">Tom Matthiesen on Twitter<\/span><span class=\"ephox-summary-card-description\">The ERL scene is thriving on its own and doesn&#8217;t need the help of LEC teams. This vote won&#8217;t change a lot for EU&#8217;s growth in the long run.&mdash; Tom Matthiesen (@TomMatthiesen) April 22, 2021<\/span><span class=\"ephox-summary-card-author\">Tom Matthiesen<\/span><span class=\"ephox-summary-card-website\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more, it will allow LEC teams to decide on their own, whether having an academy squad is worth the time, effort, or money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owners of the organizations which make up the League of Legends European Championship, have voted to remove the rule requiring them to run an academy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3356,"featured_media":15448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-of-legends","genre-moba","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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