Correction: Daily ESPORTS mistakenly reported earlier that Jaedong would return to Team Eight immediately should they find a sponsor. This was a misunderstanding; Jaedong's 1 year period with EG is binding.
On December 06 2012 11:58 DMZ wrote: My god EG is so stacked now. Proleague is going to be awesome.
I dont know about that, I think this is a brilliant move in terms of getting more white people to watch and maybe more Koreans to watch but is Jaedong even a top 5 player on that EG-TL roster? Hasnt looked that great in any of the matches they've showed.
On December 06 2012 11:57 babylon wrote: You know what, I take back what I said about this lowering T8's chances of sponsorship by a lot.
It actually doesn't hurt to be able to say to someone you are negotiating with that "btw, JD still actually belongs to us, the moment you sign this line here, we get him back."
The problem is they couldn't before what makes you think that they could get someone to sponsor them now?
OMFG, This I just cannot believe, congrats to EG, but I SO wish this was liquid man. Damn. Mind is still so blown right now, Jaedong was always my favorite.
On December 06 2012 11:58 DMZ wrote: My god EG is so stacked now. Proleague is going to be awesome.
I dont know about that, I think this is a brilliant move in terms of getting more white people to watch and maybe more Koreans to watch but is Jaedong even a top 5 player on that EG-TL roster? Hasnt looked that great in any of the matches they've showed.
On December 06 2012 11:57 babylon wrote: You know what, I take back what I said about this lowering T8's chances of sponsorship by a lot.
It actually doesn't hurt to be able to say to someone you are negotiating with that "btw, JD still actually belongs to us, the moment you sign this line here, we get him back."
The problem is they couldn't before what makes you think that they could get someone to sponsor them now?
It's been a long time coming.
JD can get his SC2 value higher while on EGTL, if they do well in Proleague.
Is this source 100% verified about the loan thing? Because I feel like Evil Geniuses is extremely smart as a business (which is why they would be able to afford jaedong in the first place) and I think it would be a stupid idea to have a clause in the contract that says "oh btw if we get a sponsor he instantly transfers back to us". It's not like Team 8 and EGTL are practice partners and he would be able to practice with them but Team 8 is just loaning jaedong to them for proleague. It's basically a player trade that EG probably paid Team 8 for.
On December 06 2012 11:57 babylon wrote: You know what, I take back what I said about this lowering T8's chances of sponsorship by a lot.
It actually helps to be able to say to someone you are negotiating with that "btw, JD still actually belongs to us, the moment you sign this line here, we get him back."
I wouldn't say it "helps", would a sponsor rather having him on their roster, or have him contingent on a deal?
It's the same thing though. He is on the team once a deal is reached so any negotiation is done knowing jaedong is on the team immediately after the deal closes.