G2 Esports CEO’s actions may have cost the company a Valorant franchise slot
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G2 Esports CEO Carlos Rodriguez agreed to take eight weeks of unpaid leave on Monday after he appeared in a video on Twitter celebrating a victory with banned influencer Andrew Tate.
That reportedly resulted in G2 losing a franchise slot in Riot Games’ Valorant esports league that was announced today. Riot Games revealed 30 teams in the Valorant International Leagues today, and G2 was not among them.
Counter Strike reporter neL reported on Twitter that the reason G2 was left out was because of the controversy around Rodriguez and Tate.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>VALORANT: Sources told me that G2 is OUT of franchising (NA & EU) for next year because of recent controversy. G2 had a spot locked in NA, but Riot had an emergency meeting and decided otherwise. Likely LEV is having the last NA spot.Rodriguez agreed to take the unpaid leave after he posted a video of himself on Twitter on Saturday while celebrating with Tate, an influencer who was banned last month on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram after complaints about terms of service violations such as hate speech and misogyny.
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G2 had just won the 2022 League of Legends European Championship spring season and it was a runner up in the summer.
“Nobody will ever be able to police my friendships. I draw my line here. I party with whoever the fuck I want,” Rodriguez said after complaints related to the Tate video. By Sunday, G2 Esports
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