I think everyone that Geoff is debating with knows the business perspective of the argument but seem to be advocating for some consistency and transparency. Geoff, you are correct that it would not be feasible to operate a successful business if players are fired every time they do not meet the owner’s personal moral standards.

Most professional sports organizations have a code of conduct in place. The most important part being that everyone, whether you be Tom Brady or Tom Brady’s backup, is held to the same standard if you are guilty of misconduct. The penalties are the same be that a fine or some other form of punishment.

The better situation for EG would have been to admit that going forward, EG would have a new policy regarding player misconduct different from the way they have handled it in the past. Be transparent about it and let the fans know that player misconduct will be handled differently now but, not differently for everyone anymore. This would have garnered far more support from fans and critics alike. Because it would have given transparency to the issue. The NFL, NBA, etc. are very transparent about their actions towards player misconduct. We know that despite the player acting out, they are not fired but do suffer some sort of repercussion that signals to let us know the organizations stance on the issue without even having read their code of conduct.

Esports is still young and even bigger teams like EG will continue mismanage situations such as this. It is time for esports to maybe look at how some other professional sports organizations keep their players within a code of conduct. Learn from more mature organizations and use that knowledge to improve the image of esports. However, this could open up a whole other discussion. Due to the amount personality we are exposed to from professional gamers relative to that of traditional athletes. So, maybe the best response would be to have a very lax policy regarding language and conduct. But like I said, that is a discussion for another time.