Korean teams withdraw from NASL - Page 42

On August 12 2011 09:53 Kazeyonoma wrote:



False.

Ganzi, Choya, and other non-invitees like Alicia, were paid for by their own team sponsors aka SlayerS and FXO (and FXOBoss has stated that the cost to gain benefit ratios are slim, and that's why he's not sending any koreans to Raleigh, but will for Orlando). These teams have large enough sponsorships and money to be able to pay their own way through. Also, this doesn't include the prior frustrations regarding scheduling of matches for Koreans.

DRG didn't pay for it himself the first time, he was part of the MLG/GSL exchange, so him, boxer, MVP, and MMA were paid for by that system.

In this next MLG where DRG wasn't invited, but will be attending, he's being paid for by Complexity not team MVP probably.

Remember, that outside of SlayerS, FXOKorea, and IM, I don't think most of the Korean teams make very much from their sponsors. oGs and Prime have local fried chicken sponsorships that probably just help cover living expenses to run their pro houses. MVP as far as I know has no sponsor as a team (they don't wear anything), Zenex likewise doesn't have a big sponsor. Startale has some level of sponsorships as seen by their patches on their clothing, but are probably in the same boat as oGs and Prime's sponsorship levels. TSL was the only clan that had fully salaried workers in them, and 2 out of the 3 of them left the team which probably terminated the contracts anyways, and TSL has stated that Sangho and Clide gave up their own prize money/salaries to help with the team.

I think people vastly overestimate how "glamorously rich" the korean pro teams are.

On August 12 2011 09:53 nicknt wrote:
I think a big reason is due to the Puma fiasco and the sc2con wants to make a statement against it.

On August 12 2011 09:56 dsousa wrote:



They make money.. it just all goes into "mangement" and other BS like SC2Con. Korean's are abusing the talents of players and making money. Prime has a chain restaurant as a sponsor... they all have multiple sponsors... yet the players are all broke!! Someone is fleecing the Korean players and calling it "management" and doing stuff like forming unions and probably collecting "dues"

On August 12 2011 09:57 Smancer wrote:
I haven't seen this anywhere but a round trip ticket alone, from Korea to LA, his around $1,000 dollars, coach, and that is really cheap, with plenty of notice. But tickets I am looking at on Kayak.com can go up to $2.5k depending on the date.

So lets say they have to book, a month in advance, the tickets with all the fees and taxes at best would be $1500. I think that is being very conservative.

I would imagine that players once they book would have to plan to stay for the entire finals. That's probably a week. 7 days in a very cheap hotel room in California would run $100 a night per person. I still think I am being very generous. Then there a meals, drinks, traveling around and other day to day expenses that come with traveling.

I think a 2k Stipend would Barely cover it for these players. If I was traveling for work I would simply want to know that I would be completely covered and not have to worry about spending my own money.

I think the Koreans were in the right to ask for more, so that they know nothing would come out of pocket, otherwise what is the point?