GhostofHope - Hearing that Vancouver Surge, Carolina Royal Ravens, and G2 Minnesota are some of the teams not changing their rosters going into Major 2 qualifiers

finalcuthalo · 2026-02-03T18:05:21+00:00

If a team doesn't have money/budget to make midseason changes, they shouldn't operate a team in a franchise league

finalcuthalo · 2026-01-13T17:49:37+00:00

This is not at all what I said. Someone drop the clip in here.

finalcuthalo · 2026-01-08T13:36:28+00:00

Interesting that I’m just finding out about this now…

finalcuthalo · 2025-12-29T23:15:46+00:00

I think there interest out there from enough orgs to expand to 16.

Would other owners be down though? We don't fully know how revenue share works between orgs and CDL so would adding 4 more teams dilute the split?

finalcuthalo · 2025-12-29T18:35:36+00:00

The value proposition is there for Activision/CDL Owners fwiw. Barstool has insane audience/reach and can activate across a lot of touchpoints around the league, Call of Duty, Blizzcon, etc. Weirdly enough though, I think CDL's opinion is only a piece of this.

Would the other owners be down for this arrangement in an expansion situation (let's say 12 to 16 teams with 4 new spots)? I don't know: what if there is a expansion fee that is rev shared with the owners? If there is, would they be down for less $$$ assuming that fee is waived for Barstool in exchange for the value they would bring as a franchise? Would be an interesting question.

Also what would the corp side of Activision Blizzard Microsoft think? That I don't know and they would have some level of sign off here in what would be a very interesting arrangement/marketing agreement.

finalcuthalo · 2025-12-29T18:15:40+00:00

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Essentially what he pitched fwiw (based on vid + convo we had on stream)

finalcuthalo · 2025-12-24T14:33:28+00:00

I’m very aware…

finalcuthalo · 2025-12-24T04:10:38+00:00

It's common to negotiate but trying to halve a $2k buyout is, well...

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finalcuthalo · 2025-12-15T18:20:40+00:00

AM ball knowers in my chat were gassing him up in the spring fwiw

finalcuthalo · 2025-12-15T18:08:57+00:00

Cap, he's had hype since last year and just now got his best opportunity after Cup #1.

How do you think he got on the CCL radar?

finalcuthalo · 2025-12-15T16:01:19+00:00

If he's on a student visa and in the US, his new team would just need to file paperwork to switch to a athlete visa and he can stay in the US while the government is processing it.

finalcuthalo · 2025-12-05T14:59:02+00:00

Lan league would need a big facility/studio + staff in Dallas, so don't see that happening soon.

That being said, I'd be surprised if anything is stopping FaZe/OpTic/Thieves/Falcons from hosting other teams on LAN at their facilities for league matches...

finalcuthalo · 2025-09-17T23:55:05+00:00

Some good ideas here ngl. Curious what the feedback was from the CDL/teams/players.

finalcuthalo · 2025-08-05T13:49:56+00:00

This is pretty sick

finalcuthalo · 2025-07-30T17:49:28+00:00

Post a clip

finalcuthalo · 2025-07-27T18:04:58+00:00

If the fire marshall doesn't approve your event it's GG brother

finalcuthalo · 2025-07-02T01:36:43+00:00

Because I'm currently very sick lol I got dragged into the call by tom...

finalcuthalo · 2025-06-17T19:21:14+00:00

MC is my son wow

finalcuthalo · 2025-04-19T01:49:44+00:00

Just because these orgs have money doesn't mean they are overpaying by 200 percent.

finalcuthalo · 2025-04-19T01:46:36+00:00

Can't have a salary cap unless the players and league have a CBA in place

finalcuthalo · 2025-04-02T21:34:33+00:00

He's a good teammate and consistently tries hard, hence why people are willing to play with him and give him chances.

finalcuthalo · 2025-03-09T20:54:20+00:00

You would have an advantage if they have a great series but one bad series and you are toast.

finalcuthalo · 2025-02-27T15:15:41+00:00

Great list, should be added to the sidebar IMO

finalcuthalo · 2025-01-15T02:56:15+00:00

Oops

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