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Flamengo will have esports project run by NBA team sister company
Jeunesse Arena big screens announce Flamengo's victory in CBLoL's second split of 2019 Press Release / Riot Games
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Rodrigo Guerra
Simplicity Esports is the company behind Flamengo's electronic sports team and will coordinate its actions in both Brazil and the US, according to ESPN Esports.
Simplicity and Gaming Company is owned by Jed Kaplan, who also owns the Memphis Grizzlies, NBA team. The company has been seeking to license the Flamengo brand since early 2019, as revealed by the ESPN Esports report in June last year .
The first proposal, however, came at a troubled time for the Regatta Club. At the time, the team focused its attention on football and waived the original $ 3 million proposal over 10 years . The values ??for this new contract are kept secret.
With the end of Go4It's contract with Flamengo in late 2019 , the club had to look for another company to lead its esports team's operations, and it was with Simplicity and OutField that the deal was closed. Jed Kaplan's idea is to make Flamengo eSports the “first internationally projected esports team in Latin America,” according to sources in the report.
Taking the business front, Simplicity will count on consulting from OutField, a Brazilian company that operates in the electronic and traditional sports market developing marketing and management strategies. OutField will be in charge of the commercial front for Simplicity Esports and Flamengo eSports. Among the companies the consultancy works for are football clubs like Milan and Flamengo himself. Remember that OutField's partners include Pedro Oliveira, one of the investors and board member of Team oNe.
OutField will only be responsible for the business side of the teams and will not have any interference with Simplicity management or Flamengo eSports.
With the deal closed, Simplicity Esports will adopt the Flamengo brand in its overseas activities and will carry the red-black coat of arms to over 100 esports arenas scattered around the US. The organization already has teams from PUBG, Smite, Apex Legends, Gears of War and NHL.
The brand has the task of keeping Flamengo at the top of the League of Legends in Brazil, even after the departure of important players like brTT, who even said they did not believe in Flamengo eSports' 2020 plans: “ I don't trust the project ”, declared the player at the time.
To coordinate the Flamengo team, Simplicity brought in Fred Tannure, a big name related to Flamengo eSports and who led the project within the Regatta Club. Tannure was in the Red-Black Marketing department throughout the creation process of the esports team and now, at Simplicity, will be fully dedicated to the project.
IS IT AGAINST THE RULE?
Much will be asked about the arrival of Simplicity and the involvement of Team oNe and Flamengo if the 2019 CBLoL rules are maintained for the 2020 season.
“ 3.5.5 Low Teams. No team member who has participated in the CB or CD may purchase, receive or take control of a CB team prior to the end of the Stage in which they participated. A demoted league organization (CB or CD) must remain outside the league from which it has been demoted for at least one full Step (unless two teams from the same organization change leagues at the same time through the Promotion and Promotion process). 16 Relegation) After this period, the acquisition of another team / organization is permitted to return to the league from which it was relegated. Season officials will make final decisions regarding team ownership, issues relating to multi-team restrictions and other relationships that may have an adverse impact on Season's competitive integrity."
As the current rules guide has not yet been made available, it is uncertain whether this move will hurt any term. It is worth mentioning that Simplicity has made a commercial agreement with Team oNe and OutField, so the person responsible for Flamengo's electronic sports team is the US company. Team oNe and OutField have no direct relation to the coordination of the red black.
Another point worth keeping in mind is the excerpt from the rule that says “Season officials will have final decision on team ownership”, in which it is explicit that the move has to pass Riot Games approval. As the team is already confirmed for CBLoL 2020, it seems that the deal has been approved by Riot.
FLAMENGO IN CBLOL 2020
With CBLoL arriving on January 25th, Flamengo is already using One Academy facilities for preparations. The team bet on building a team around Goku and Luci, the only pieces left of the 2019 formation. Robo, brTT and Shrimp left the club after their contracts ended.
For this start of the season, Flamengo made new signings and increased their number of players. The new signings are WooFe and Vvert (Top), Ranger and Asta (Jungle), Aslan (Middle), Absolut (shooter) and Jojo (support). The technical team is formed by Djoko and Flanalista.
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Top: Vvert and WooFe
Jungle: Asta and Ranger
Middle: Aslan and Goku
Shooter: Absolut
Support: Jojo and Luci
The team is at risk because Absolut has spent the last few months away from Team oNe (his last team) because of strong tendonitis and has no reserve player for his position - same mistake that led to Team oNe be lowered to the Challenging Circuit.
The absence of the player was not unexpected, as Absolut's tendonitis was a protagonist in the campaign that secured Team oNe's place at CBLoL. Team oNe's owner at the time, Alexandre Kakavel, said in an interview with ESPN that he trusted the player would return to keep the team in contention, which in fact did not happen.
