Popular eSports team 100 Thieves will not participate in the upcoming franchised Call of Duty Global League (CDL). OpTic’ s ex-pro player and current 100T’ s CEO, Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, explained the decision in a video on Twitter.
The primary reason behind 100T’ s decision to not participating is the cost of a slot in the CDL. The cost of a slot should be around $25 million per team. Haag said,
It is with a very heavy heart we announce that 100 Thieves will not be participating in competitive Call of Duty in 2020. pic.twitter.com/cdJD9DdUvQ
— 100 Thieves (@100Thieves) August 29, 2019
The second motive why the Call of Duty Global League isn’t appealing to 100 Thieves is the Activision Blizzard’s policy. In fact, the policy is against having established esports organizations use existing branding for their CDL teams.
In order to participate in the Call of Duty Global League, teams also have to commit to a city by taking its name. As it happens in the Overwatch League. Haag continued,
The Call of Duty Global League didn’t lose only 100 Thieves
100 Thieves isn’t the only team that for one reason or another that won’t participate in the CDL. Indeed, Team Reciprocity announced days ago that the organization wouldn’t have a team in the league. Also, allegedly, Gen.G and Luminosity won’t be a part of the league, as well.
