{"id":24070,"date":"2022-09-27T14:45:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=24070"},"modified":"2022-09-27T14:45:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T18:45:25","slug":"riot-games-alleged-to-have-forced-carlos-rodriguez-to-sell-his-g2-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/riot-games-alleged-to-have-forced-carlos-rodriguez-to-sell-his-g2-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Games alleged to have forced Carlos Rodriguez to sell his G2 Esports"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nFormer G2 Esports CEO Carlos Rodriguez<\/a> was alleged to have been blacklisted by Riot Games and, after resigning from the company, reportedly forced to sell his company shares.<\/p>\n

Due to the backlash, as well as the organization losing out on their Valorant partnership spot, Rodriguez announced his decision to step away from the company he built from the ground up. According to reports, Riot Games was attempting to force the former CEO to sell the stocks he owned in the company.<\/p>\n

If Rodriguez does this, the G2 founder will officially have no ties whatsoever with G2, which could be what the game developer is aiming for. Besides their Valorant<\/a> team, G2 also have a roster for the League of Legends esports title, which was also developed by Riot. The organization are deeply immersed in the League of Legends European Championship<\/a> and have won several trophies in the esport for the past number of years.<\/p>\n

The source of the news, Yuste from Esportmaniacos, claimed G2 were apprehensive of losing out on their LEC spot, hence their compliance with Riot. Yuste also said that he was yet to have another source confirm the news.<\/p>\n

“Some people said some were scared of also losing their LEC spot,” Yuste said.<\/p>\n

“According to information that was relayed to me, it seems\u2014and I wish I had another source to confirm it\u2014but it seems Riot came to G2 and said, \u2018Ocelote [Rodriguez] is blacklisted. He can\u2019t be a part of anything that involves Riot.\u2019 And it seems\u2014though I don\u2019t know\u2014but it seems Ocelote had to sell his shares in G2. That\u2019s why in his video he said he no longer has ties with G2.”<\/p>\n

If the as-of-yet unconfirmed report is accurate, this will be Riot Games\u2019 most high-profile blacklisting incident involving a managerial member of a participating esports team. The game developer has placed a number of sanctions on the owners of organizations with teams in their ecosystem over the years.<\/p>\n

Riot\u2019s most recent sanction was placed against the owner of TSM, Andy \u2018Reginald\u2019 Dinh. At the time, Reginald was fined $75,000, mandated to attend sensitivity training, and underwent two years of probation.<\/p>\n

Neither Riot Games nor Rodriguez has confirmed or denied the reports. However, the head of League of Legends esports in EMEA, Maximilian Peter Schmidt, has debunked the report, calling the news false. Schmidt took to Twitter<\/a> and revealed that Riot never forced Rodriguez to sell off his G2 shares.<\/p>\n

“Hey everyone, I saw several false rumors regarding G2 & Carlos and wanted to clarify: The LEC has not requested Carlos to resign from G2 nor divest his ownership. We opened an investigation last week per our LEC rules, which is still ongoing.”<\/p>\n

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#LEC<\/a> Update:<\/p>\n

Hey everyone,<\/p>\n

I saw several false rumors regarding G2 & Carlos and wanted to clarify:<\/p>\n

The @LEC<\/a> has not requested Carlos to resign from G2 nor divest his ownership. We opened an investigation last week per our LEC rules, which is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

Best,
Max<\/p>\n

— Maximilian Peter Schmidt (@RiotMAXtheX) September 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n