Immortals CEO gives players the freedom to leave the team after failing to qualify to Worlds

Despite showing dominant performance at LCS this year, Immortals couldn’t qualify to the World Championship after a loss to Cloud9 3-1 in the regional championship a couple of days ago. Because of that dissatisfying result, team’s organization is leaving the choice to players whether to leave or stay.

“We recognize there are problems that lead to this failure, and those are problems we are going to be addressing going forward,” Immortals CEO said in a YouTube video to fans. This includes improving the coaching staff and maybe the roster itself, though changes to the lineup may be up to the players and not their owner.

Management is allowing players to seek offers from other teams despite them still being under contract with Immortals, something that he says stems from Immortals’ philosophy that player welfare comes first. “I want our team next year to be made up of players that choose to be a part of Immortals, not ones that feel like they’re forced to be,” Whinston explained.