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Head coaches will be treated exactly the same as pro players going forward, meaning their contracts will be given the same restrictions and protections as the players they’re coaching. It’s unclear what exactly those new products will be, but the $50k will be on top of the existing team icon money. Riot will also be helping out teams by guaranteeing them a minimum $50,000 of “new digital product revenue per split” going forward. Eighth place teams will now be safe, as the ninth and 10th ranked teams will be heading to a double-elimination best of five tournament to either ensure or lose their place in the LCS. Speaking of the Promotion Tournament, only two teams will be heading there from now on. No more farming LCS slots, in other words. Challenger teams associated with LCS squads can still compete in the Challenger Series, but can’t qualify for the Promotion Tournament to get into the LCS. Unless the team and Riot agree on someone else, that arbiter will be JAMS, an established dispute mediation service.Ĭontroversially, Riot has made the decision to ban sister teams from competing in the LCS and Promotion Tournament simultaneously, an extension of the rule banning sister teams from both competing in the LCS. “Teams will now be able to present their own evidence, as well as review the evidence against them, and make arguments to a neutral, experienced arbitrator,” Riot said in a statement. The move is likely spurred on by the controversy surrounding Riot’s decision to ban Team Impulse, TDK, and Renegades from the LCS earlier in 2016, including accusations of bias against ownership parties.

The biggest change here is the fact that third-party arbitration will be made available for teams being punished with either a suspension of one (or more) games, or a fine of $10,000 or more. Riot Games has announced rule changes coming to the NA LCS for the 2017 season.

Riot is changing up the NA LCS rules for 2017 (Riot Games)

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