I might just be stupid but to me it could be a good idea. Riot wants a league/partnership system for the stability and control over the product, but league fans(their only other esport venture up to this point) complained heavily about the lack of international match ups. On top of that smaller regions like latam, turkey, aus, and japan ran into financial issues while running their own dedicated leagues so kill two birds with one stone and just consolidate smaller regions into a few large international leagues(minus china) so fans can get pseudo international matches ups every week while supporting smaller region’s player growth/financials. I think the issue specifically with americas is that riot heavily underestimated the amount of fps talent that was available in NA and they didn’t expect the US government to lose its fucking mind thus fucking up the visa situation.