League of Legends: LPL players protest against unfair salary cuts at the end of their professional careers due to auction-style transfers. (Part 2)

Bidding for a transfer and deliberately lowering the salary is tantamount to taking away someone's retirement pension before they retire. What's more, after many years of service, there are not many veteran players left, and the new talents have not yet emerged. What kind of concept is it to attack the old players now?

Taking an indefinite break and temporarily not participating in the first stage.

Now that the transfer window is halfway through, things are starting to escalate. LPL players have decided to stage a collective protest, using the first off-season to pressure the officials into canceling the bidding rules. Of course, being highly intelligent, they haven't made a scene or publicly accused any party. They prefer to proceed step by step. The players have plenty of fame and skill, which is evident to all. The main elements of a good tournament are fierce competition, peak showdowns, and evenly matched opponents, which create intense sparks and visual effects comparable to a movie. Since they've entered an off-season, they might as well relax and take an indefinite break until further notice.

Working according to regulations is reasonable and justifiable; this is a silent protest. The top players who have chosen to rest, including TheShy, JackeyLove, Hang, Meiko, Breathing Bro, Tian, Doinb, Rookie, Liu Qingsong, and Ale, are uncertain about when they will return, but they definitely won't appear in the first stage of the new season. They'll see how things go in the second stage. Let's take a look at a region that has already fallen from its pedestal and is now in dire straits. Without the participation of top players, which fans and viewers will continue to support and pay attention? The domino effect cannot be ignored. Without attention, without entertainment value, without popularity, without traffic, investing in organizing competitions or operating teams is a losing proposition, with every penny lost.

The number of protesters was larger than expected.

Some of the players participating in the silent protest haven't been publicly identified yet, but there are at least a dozen of them. They all chose to rest during the first stage and didn't participate in the competition. The salaries and benefits are poor, and the auction pool is... isn't this a capitalist society where clubs secretly conspire to deliberately drive down prices? Esports is a business for them, and they save millions in auction fees. Who wouldn't support that? Take Gala as an example. His salary used to be at least 5 million, but the auction price is now over 3 million, a reduction of one-third. Doesn't this reduction mean that the more work experience you have, the lower your salary? Working people can definitely relate to this.