Professional Esports Association launches next year with new hopes for Esports

Professional Esports Association, or PEA for short has officially announced that it will begin its activities January 2017 starting with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with the support of seven North American top teams: Team Solomid, Cloud9, Team Liquid, Counter Logic Gaming, Immortals, NRG eSports and compLexity Gaming.

The organization represents “something new in eSports,” and that is a professional organization where the largest teams in North America have joined together to create a more “stable, healthy, long-term environment for the players.” PEA is forming a Rules and Grievances Committee staffed by players to allow them a stronger, vocal influence over the way the PEA operations.

As for the gaming side of the organization, the PEA has announced the format for the first season of its CS:GO league. It’ll include 10-week season with live matches played twice a week for a $500,000 prize pot. There will also be a split of the revenue 50/50 between players and organizations. It seems like a positive step forward for eSports players, and a great way to improve relations between organizations and their stars.