ESL who had earlier stated that they were “currently seeking clarification” on the several conflicts of interest cases that were brought to their notice, involving multiple players and organizations participating in ESL One: Road to Rio tournament, seems to have taken a bit too long to respond as Valve has given seven teams a time period of five months to resolve these conflicts, according to a report by HLTV.
The three cases identified by Valve are as follows,
Valve has taken a firm stand against these breaches of conflicts of interest, the teams have time until the next Major which is scheduled to take place in November later this year. In case these conflicts haven’t resolved by then, the teams will be barred from playing in the Majors.
Valve seems to be adamant on enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against such acts once again after witnessing a period of leniency in the past few months. It has previously spoken on the topic once and this open declaration to several teams and members seems to be a clear indication of Valve wants to proceed on this matter.