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Source: DailyEsports, Yong Woo Kim aka Kenzi
Yoe Flash Wolves' PartinG will be unable to compete in the upcoming season of Proleague, according to a report from DailyEsports. The former SK Telecom T1 player was originally set to compete in Proleague as a part of the Startale-Yoe alliance, but contract regulations have barred him from the tournament.
Contrary to previous reports, PartinG did not leave SK Telecom T1 at the end of his contract as a free agent. KeSPA regulations require a player to play on a team for at least five years to obtain free agent status (clarification via DES reporter Kenzi). As PartinG left SK Telecom before this period, KeSPA has designated him as a player who has 'arbitrarily left' left his team. In such cases, the player's contract is suspended while all rights to player remain with his original team.
According to DES,  PartinG is only eligible to play for SK Telecom T1, unless SKT puts in a request to the KeSPA chairman to free PartinG from the restriction.
Furthermore, Rain and  FanTaSy are also said to fall under the same restriction, although their contracts had ended in September. Though both players have played with SK Telecom for over five years, neither player had filled the requisite five years since their previous free agency.
TL;DR: PartinG, Rain, and Fantasy cannot compete in Proleague this season, unless it is for SK Telecom T1. The reason is that they did not leave SKT as free agents, leaving their Proleague rights remaining with SKT. This is due to KeSPA regulations where players must fill a certain length of time on their contracts before being eligible for free agency status.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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TLADT24920 Posts
oh wow, this can't end well :/
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United States33503 Posts
Seems like the rule originally existed to stop players from leaving teams and joining other teams mid-season? That said, 4 years to obtain free agency is like such a long time in esports years :[
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PartinG didn't respect the power of the KeSPA. He should know better, being a Protoss player.
I guess SKT could waive their rights and let him play but then why would they if it could hurt their chances of winning.
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United States97276 Posts
owned. really is a shame though. I feel like this takes a lot of strength out of the partnership team
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I'll get to the bottom of this and a solution for my team soon...
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That will teach them who's boss
/s
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
maybe i will have a new cellmate soon
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Im still surprised with the stupidity of people who mock professionalism
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What if It's all a set up in collaboration with Coach Oov?
Parting doesn't want to play in Proleague, but he wants to join YFW and get all the benefits and freedoms that it entails. He needs an excuse to get out of playing in PL for YFW, so he calls up Oov and they set this up.
What a villain, move over Choya.
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That doesn't seem like a great clause.
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Let's hope this turns into a PR disaster until they revise their traditional tyranny.
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Weird and also really lame. And this has never come up before prior to this?
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
Well, that's pretty big stamp on Startale's chances this season.
4 years is quite a lot though, but i guess, this is pretty old rule.
On the other hand, i don't think that either Yoe won't be able to pay transfer fee or they won't find a solution if they really want to, PartinG, Rain, and Soulkey are pretty big faces of KeSPA throughout last years.
On November 13 2014 12:41 Cheren wrote:
This shouldn't apply to Rain and fantasy at all, they've been on SKT way more than 4 years.
By.Sun was a rookie in 2010.
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This shouldn't apply to Rain and fantasy at all, they've been on SKT way more than 4 years.
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how in the world would Rain and Fantasy fall under this provision? They've been with SKT for a long time.
either way, this rule is dumb in every way. especially now, in a climate where SC isn't the dominant esport and players change teams all the time. when people are fleeing kespa teams for the freedom of foreign tournaments, now probably isn't the best time to arbitrarily prevent people from playing in proleague.
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I understand that it's a rule and Kespa has always been pretty severe but four years is too much in Esports!Poor PartinG
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EPT
