{"id":979,"date":"2019-07-24T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/dignitas-part-ways-odee"},"modified":"2024-07-20T05:14:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T05:14:17","slug":"dignitas-part-ways-odee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/dignitas-part-ways-odee","title":{"rendered":"Dignitas parts ways with Michael &#8220;ODEE&#8221; O&#8217;Dell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><p>On July 3, Dignitas announced that they would be parting ways with General Manager and founder of the organisation, Michael &#8220;ODEE&#8221; O&#8217;Dell, a move that came to the surprise of pretty much everyone who knows ODEE and the history of Dignitas.<\/p><p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have mutually parted ways with GM Michael &quot;ODEE&quot; O&#39;Dell and will soon appoint a General Manager that will operate in Los Angeles, alongside our new LCS franchise. We wish <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ODEEisOG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ODEEisOG<\/a> the very best in his future endeavors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ihRO58YtbJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ihRO58YtbJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dignitas (@dignitas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dignitas\/status\/1146530788634025984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p>The organisation was bought out by Harris Blitzer Sports &amp; Entertainment (HBSE) in 2017, with the same company having a stake in multiple global sport operations such as Crystal Palace FC, Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, to name a few.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Since then, Dignitas has rebranded and HBSE have <a aria-label=\"put forth a &#36;20m investment (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/esports\/story\/_\/id\/26490773\/houston-rockets-agree-sell-majority-stake-clutch-gaming-philadelphia-76ers-20-million\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">put forth a &#36;20m investment<\/a> to buy the majority stake in Clutch Gaming from the Houston Rockets, with the intention to rebrand them and bring Dignitas back to the LCS in 2020.<\/p><p><\/p><p>The replies, from some of the biggest names in esports, really say it all.<\/p><p><\/p><p>ODEE himself didn&#8217;t say much in a following tweet this morning, July 4, but shows a continued commitment and love for esports.<\/p><p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I look forward to talking to a lot of people in the next couple of weeks. I will continue to help build esports as I have been doing for 20 years. I am free to work immediately and my drive to see it succeed is as strong now as it was in 1999.<br><br>Thank you for the kind words.<\/p>&mdash; Michael O&#39;Dell (@ODEEisOG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ODEEisOG\/status\/1146685958714200064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p>There has not been any explanation as to why or how this decision ended up being made, but it&#8217;s a pretty heartbreaking situation for anyone that has been involved with Dignitas or esports as a whole for the last 20 years.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Hopefully he finds himself back on his feet and doing bigger and better than ever in the near future.<\/p><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 3, Dignitas announced that they would be parting ways with General Manager and founder of the organisation, Michael &#8220;ODEE&#8221; O&#8217;Dell, a move that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":980,"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-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dignitas parts ways with Michael &quot;ODEE&quot; 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