Peacemaker denies allegations of being greedy with his former team
A few days ago we mentioned the withdrawal of the TyLoo team from the events of the big tournament ELEAGUE Boston Major when the team was still under the leadership of Brazilian veteran coach Peacemaker.
Heroic coach Luis “Peacemaker” Tadeu is denying allegations made by his former team, TyLoo, that he demanded a share of the team’s sticker sales as a condition to play for them in the upcoming ELEAGUE Boston Major.
In December, TyLoo player Hansel “BnTeT” Ferdinand was forced to drop out of the Major due to visa issues. According to ELEAGUE’s rules, Peacemaker, who was TyLoo’s coach at the time they qualified for the major, was the only eligible replacement.
According to a statement TyLoo released earlier today, Peacemaker, who now coaches Heroic, agreed to play for the team, but demanded too much money in the form of a large share of the team’s sticker sales. All teams and players who qualify for the major get in-game stickers, and the teams and players split the income they get from sales of those stickers. According to Peacemaker, players receive 100 percent of their player autograph stickers, while TyLoo alleges that teams split the team’s sticker income, with half going to the organization, and half distributed among the players.
According to Peacemaker’s account, he agreed to play for the team under the condition that he, like all players, get 100 percent of his own autograph sticker income. However, Peacemaker later found out that he was not getting a sticker at all, which caused “frustration” as he put it in a video statement.
“One of the most valuable things of competing in the Major was taken away from me,” Peacemaker said. “Obviously, together with that, a lot of money. And I’m not going to play the hypocrite here, that the money doesn’t matter, because it does matter, we are professionals.”
TyLoo alleges that after he found out he wasn’t getting his own sticker, Peacemaker demanded that he instead receive money from TyLoo that would be equivalent to his share of the sticker sales. TyLoo says they found this “unacceptable,” and chose to withdraw from the Major instead of fielding Peacemaker.
