THE LAWS OF ESPORTS

For those that haven't heard the news, Activision Blizzard announced yesterday that they are discontinuing the Heroes of the Storm Global Championship, effectively immediately. 

"We’ve also evaluated our plans around Heroes esports—after looking at all of our priorities...

Oral vs written contracts, and the relationship between players, teams, and investors.

By ignoring the Artifact Closed Beta Leak, Valve cut off the oxygen to the situation and made it a non-event.

I'm going to draft more short posts on subjects germane to my website whenever I see topics of interest to share.  Today I have a fun one--a Dota 2 professional contract that violates all rules of competent contractual drafting.  While the player in question never ende...

This is Part 2 in a multi-part series on the creation of an esports contract, and an extremely basic template to accompany the discussion.

Esports is a global phenomenon.  People from all over the world are associated with various organizations and teams--in fact, I'd hazard a guess that the majority of endemic esports teams have international and multi-state contractual and employment responsibilitie...

The Boston Uprising has terminated the contract of their DPS player Jonathan “DreamKazper” Sanchez after allegations of sexual misconduct

Wherein I discuss the Overwatch League Code of Conduct, the benefits of a Players' Union, and the overall contractual structure of the League.

There is no such thing as a perfect template, especially when it comes to "talent contracts," a broad descriptive term that applies to esports player contracts.  However, I've come to the decision that even my basic knowledge of the subject area of contra...

Twitch and Activision Blizzard Reach $90 Million Broadcasting Deal