Esports Competition Ruling: Fining Of Bjergsen

[Fortuna]

League of Legends Competition Ruling

Player: Søren Bjerg / Bjergsen
Region: North America
Date of Ruling: January 23rd, 2014
Subject: Fine; Violations of LCS Rules

Facts
In late October, Team SoloMid Ownership approached Ninjas in Pyjamas Ownership regarding signing Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg. NiP Ownership granted TSM Ownership permission to speak to Bjergsen directly about the possibility of acquisition. TSM and NiP negotiated a transfer agreement that resulted in Bjergsen joining TSM. During this negotiation, NiP Ownership informed Bjergsen that one of the conditions for his transfer was that he must find a player to fill one of the multiple holes in their roster.

Bjergsen then directly approached another professional player on a different LCS team, Lemondogs, without consulting the team’s manager. He offered this player a significant sum of money to leave his team/contract and to join NiP. The Lemondogs player was interested in the offer, and informed his team of his desire to leave, which eventually resulted in he and two other additional teammates leaving the organization and going to NiP.


Relevant Rules
Section 10.2.12 of the official LCS rule set states:

No Team Member or Affiliate of a team may solicit, lure, or make an offer of employment to any Team Member who is signed to any LCS team, nor encourage any such Team Member to breach or otherwise terminate a contract with said LCS team.


Analysis
Bjergsen cooperated with Riot staff and openly admitted to approaching and encouraging a contracted LCS player to leave his position at Lemondogs. TSM Ownership was not involved in conversations or financial offer to the player and as a result will not face any penalty.

Ruling
Bjergsen has violated rule 10.2.12 of the LCS Ruleset and will be subject to penalties.

Competition Penalties
Bjergsen is:
• Fined $2000 USD

 

 

 

 

Source: http://forums.euw.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1574606

[Eagle_Eye]

Interesting,although i think 2k bucks are not that much for him at this point of his life...