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Former TSL members Free Agency notice from eSF - Page 12

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cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
January 08 2013 17:08 GMT
#221
hmmm, seem like a nice thing for esf to do, although perhaps a bit late.
ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
January 08 2013 17:12 GMT
#222
I got twenty to throw to the Fionn HyuN fund, I get him every other Tuesday though.
JKM
Profile Joined November 2011
Denmark419 Posts
January 08 2013 17:16 GMT
#223
I can chip in for the Fionn'HyuN fund as well! I think it's about time somebody contacted eSF about conditions for contracting HuyN
1338, one upping 1337
florious80
Profile Joined July 2011
United States17 Posts
January 08 2013 17:21 GMT
#224
I do not understand why ESF needs to be the middle man when all of the offers will be "unfiltered" to the players. I'm in favor of ESF providing a good translator/helper for the players for negotiations when they ask for someone. If the offers truly goes through without modification, I don't see why ALL the offers must go through ESF to begin with. This is of course assuming teams knows how to contact the players in the first place.
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5599 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-08 17:44:01
January 08 2013 17:43 GMT
#225
Hyun is a former KeSPA a-teamer. I would love it if he went to T8. MBC fighting <3

I guess this has something to do with the one year ban of trades between KeSPA and eSF...?
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
EliteSK
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)251 Posts
January 08 2013 17:45 GMT
#226
There's already a trade lock on eSF players going to Kespa teams, so no clue why Boss is mad about that even though I agree that it's somewhat of a power play. I don't think it's the end of the world though and probably done because the team disbanded and a fair number of players hit free agency at once, so I don't mind it.

I haven't seen GOM really steer us wrong yet, so I hope nothing goes wrong with this either.
ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
January 08 2013 17:45 GMT
#227
I doubt the ban have any affect on them as they are not current member of esf teams and there is no trade involved.
I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.
Forikorder
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada8840 Posts
January 08 2013 17:47 GMT
#228
On January 09 2013 01:25 Martijn wrote:
I'm with the people that believe eSF should have an advisory role, I'm not sure what "preparations with negotiations" entails, but if it's limited to advice/translations, than I'm all for it.

Show nested quote +
On January 08 2013 23:42 Forikorder wrote:
On January 08 2013 23:31 JustPassingBy wrote:
I don't know. I would've preferred if the eSF just offered (hidden) advice to the players, with the possibility that the player can apply for representative negotiate in his stead, instead of channeling all negotiations through them. Even if they mean no harm to the players, such a move will ultimately harm the players as it makes them less easily approachable. Teams who thought of hiring them might think twice if they have to go through eSF, especially since the majority of the people probably don't know what the eSF is (what is their structure, who makes the decisions, what are the official channels).

if a team doesnt know what the eSF is then they have no right trying to snag such a top player

if a team didnt go through eSF then its very likely that the palyer gets a bad contract without realising it


Wait, why is this "very likely"? Do you have no faith in the established progaming teams? I could understand people saying this about relatively new teams, and teams that have foul reputations. But most established teams know that what's best for the player often aligns with what's best for the team.

most teams are struggling to stay afloat, any room in the budget they can make would be big

aside from Liquid, EG and the Korean teams i wouldnt trust the other teams to play 100% fair and its extremely likely that EG and TL wont be picking up many of them

we already know teams tried to fast talk crank into a bad contract (though TB remained hush onw aht teams) so it wouldnt be surprising that people would see the TSL palyers as a golden opportunity since they have noone to go to for advice and help if ESF didnt step in
ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
January 08 2013 17:48 GMT
#229
On January 09 2013 02:21 florious80 wrote:
I do not understand why ESF needs to be the middle man when all of the offers will be "unfiltered" to the players. I'm in favor of ESF providing a good translator/helper for the players for negotiations when they ask for someone. If the offers truly goes through without modification, I don't see why ALL the offers must go through ESF to begin with. This is of course assuming teams knows how to contact the players in the first place.


Well, they can have exam the language of the offer and convey them to players. If not ALL offer must go through, then it would be pretty dumb for shady organizations to go to them instead of directly contact players, no? They may or may not have other reason / agendas but it makes sense.
I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.
ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
January 08 2013 17:51 GMT
#230
If they only providing translating and counceling this is a very good thing to do!
Any news on whether the trade ban with Kespa was released for the ex-TSL players? Kinda sounds like it in OP, the way it is worded.
Get off my lawn, young punks
Forikorder
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada8840 Posts
January 08 2013 17:52 GMT
#231
On January 09 2013 02:21 florious80 wrote:
I do not understand why ESF needs to be the middle man when all of the offers will be "unfiltered" to the players. I'm in favor of ESF providing a good translator/helper for the players for negotiations when they ask for someone. If the offers truly goes through without modification, I don't see why ALL the offers must go through ESF to begin with. This is of course assuming teams knows how to contact the players in the first place.

to ensure the translations are understandable and understood by the player so they know exactly waht there signing
Sankanyo
Profile Joined August 2011
United States140 Posts
January 08 2013 17:52 GMT
#232
Coach Lee!!! T.T
Hope to see more of him.
alphakennybody
Profile Joined September 2011
35 Posts
January 08 2013 18:01 GMT
#233
tl hyun
florious80
Profile Joined July 2011
United States17 Posts
January 08 2013 18:12 GMT
#234
On January 09 2013 02:52 Forikorder wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2013 02:21 florious80 wrote:
I do not understand why ESF needs to be the middle man when all of the offers will be "unfiltered" to the players. I'm in favor of ESF providing a good translator/helper for the players for negotiations when they ask for someone. If the offers truly goes through without modification, I don't see why ALL the offers must go through ESF to begin with. This is of course assuming teams knows how to contact the players in the first place.

to ensure the translations are understandable and understood by the player so they know exactly waht there signing


They can act like an athlete's agent representing the players to accomplish that. But if a team wants to contact the player, I see no reason why they can't directly. The way I'm reading it, is that any team that is interested in a player MUST go through them. Not necessary.

Don't get me wrong, I think ESF wanting to help the players get a good contract is really great and important. But the way they came across felt like they wanted some control over the deal.
Forikorder
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada8840 Posts
January 08 2013 18:15 GMT
#235
On January 09 2013 03:12 florious80 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2013 02:52 Forikorder wrote:
On January 09 2013 02:21 florious80 wrote:
I do not understand why ESF needs to be the middle man when all of the offers will be "unfiltered" to the players. I'm in favor of ESF providing a good translator/helper for the players for negotiations when they ask for someone. If the offers truly goes through without modification, I don't see why ALL the offers must go through ESF to begin with. This is of course assuming teams knows how to contact the players in the first place.

to ensure the translations are understandable and understood by the player so they know exactly waht there signing


They can act like an athlete's agent representing the players to accomplish that. But if a team wants to contact the player, I see no reason why they can't directly. The way I'm reading it, is that any team that is interested in a player MUST go through them. Not necessary.

Don't get me wrong, I think ESF wanting to help the players get a good contract is really great and important. But the way they came across felt like they wanted some control over the deal.

but if they dont go through ESF then they make a deal with the player that could be unfair it would be too easy to fast talk them with a deal that sounds good and rush them into signing

ESF is only there to make sure that the player knows what what and gets a fair contract
ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
January 08 2013 18:25 GMT
#236
On January 09 2013 03:12 florious80 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2013 02:52 Forikorder wrote:
On January 09 2013 02:21 florious80 wrote:
I do not understand why ESF needs to be the middle man when all of the offers will be "unfiltered" to the players. I'm in favor of ESF providing a good translator/helper for the players for negotiations when they ask for someone. If the offers truly goes through without modification, I don't see why ALL the offers must go through ESF to begin with. This is of course assuming teams knows how to contact the players in the first place.

to ensure the translations are understandable and understood by the player so they know exactly waht there signing


They can act like an athlete's agent representing the players to accomplish that. But if a team wants to contact the player, I see no reason why they can't directly. The way I'm reading it, is that any team that is interested in a player MUST go through them. Not necessary.

Don't get me wrong, I think ESF wanting to help the players get a good contract is really great and important. But the way they came across felt like they wanted some control over the deal.


If it's not must, then shady orgs would never go through them, which defeats the whole purpose of the process, no?
I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.
Taipoka
Profile Joined November 2012
Brazil1224 Posts
January 08 2013 18:27 GMT
#237
Just a question.
Isnt it better if ESF had come and said:
"
We (ESF) are providing juridic support for the former TSL players in his negotiations ...
We want to help them find the best place ...
"
And in the 7th day, Flash stopped macroing the universe.
unix04
Profile Joined November 2011
United States89 Posts
January 08 2013 18:50 GMT
#238
this is a step that probably came about as a result of a large influx of foreign teams trying to sign former TSL players to disadvantageous contracts. eSF, in order to look out for its own players, made an offer to all former TSL players to handle some of the recruiting process with interested non-korean teams. it's possible that team members that are not listed already have plans or wish to stay in korea. i think in all likelihood, most of them will end up staying in korea playing on another esf of kespa team. I doubt hyun/symbol will stay free agents for very long unless they personally want to stay teamless
i am the captain of my fate, the master of my soul
Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
January 08 2013 19:00 GMT
#239
This isn't really that big of a deal. Having some kind of knowledgeable representation for professional players should be the norm. Not just for legal and language translation, but if only to just have a third and impartial body present to verify various communications and engagements in case the deal goes bad to prevent unnecessary mud slinging.
Vul
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States685 Posts
January 08 2013 19:02 GMT
#240
On January 09 2013 03:12 florious80 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2013 02:52 Forikorder wrote:
On January 09 2013 02:21 florious80 wrote:
I do not understand why ESF needs to be the middle man when all of the offers will be "unfiltered" to the players. I'm in favor of ESF providing a good translator/helper for the players for negotiations when they ask for someone. If the offers truly goes through without modification, I don't see why ALL the offers must go through ESF to begin with. This is of course assuming teams knows how to contact the players in the first place.

to ensure the translations are understandable and understood by the player so they know exactly waht there signing


They can act like an athlete's agent representing the players to accomplish that. But if a team wants to contact the player, I see no reason why they can't directly. The way I'm reading it, is that any team that is interested in a player MUST go through them. Not necessary.

Don't get me wrong, I think ESF wanting to help the players get a good contract is really great and important. But the way they came across felt like they wanted some control over the deal.


In pro sports you have contracts that are pretty standardized, in SC2 they can have all sorts of terms like streaming, paying for food and rent, certain equipment, etc. Language barriers aren't that big of a problem in sports because you have a solid idea of what you're getting and what you're giving.

SC2 isn't like that and there's a very high chance of misunderstandings. Some of these SC2 players aren't even adults and might not be comfortable advocating for themselves and asking tough questions or for clarification.

So it makes sense for ESF to say that there will be a process for recruiting their players--ESF must ensure that the terms of their offer is translated and understandable to the player. I don't have a problem with it if they don't overstep that role.
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