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From $1.5M contracts to players paying their own $2K transfer fees, a damning indictment of the Call of Duty League economics

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From multi-million-dollar deals and record-high transfers for League superstars just six years ago, to minimum-wage contracts and players “buying” their own transfer fees out, the Call of Duty League’s economic landscape has crashed and burned. Call of Duty esports has always had a complicated relationship with Benjamin Franklin. The $100 bills flow like there’s no … Continued

From multi-million-dollar deals and record-high transfers for League superstars just six years ago, to minimum-wage contracts and players “buying” their own transfer fees out, the Call of Duty League’s economic landscape has crashed and burned. Call of Duty esports has always had a complicated relationship with Benjamin Franklin. The $100 bills flow like there’s no…

From multi-million-dollar deals and record-high transfers for League superstars just six years ago, to minimum-wage contracts and players “buying” their own transfer fees out, the Call of Duty League’s economic landscape has crashed and burned. Call of Duty esports has always had a complicated relationship with Benjamin Franklin. The $100 bills flow like there’s no … Continued

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