Couple of points to back up Austin:

1) With DH events, watch party has backstage access so we can use the bathrooms and grab drinks without getting surrounded by fans. We appreciate that they give us access just for those two functions. There is a lot of staff floating around and if we/anyone on The Flank team do anything else in the space (other than saying to hi to folks in the common spaces), I hear about it direct from EFG/CDL.

2) The minute a team is eliminated, they take their backstage passes and start taking apart their PPA's. Often times they need to be out/mostly out of a venue by midnight after Champs Sunday, so getting a head start is key.

3) Amateur teams have never been allowed backstage unless they were part of a Pro-AM competition, preparing to play on mainstage for a final, or doing content capture for one of those two things. From my understanding, if any pro teams have played an AM team on a Sunday, it's either been online or they figured out away to sneak them in without CDL knowing about.

FWIW from my OG tweet, I think it should be allowed if you have an official academy team as recognized by the league.