Of course, that could lead to a similar situation as the NBA was in when the ABA still existed. Maybe that kind of frustration will lead more teams to come to NA or EU where they'll probably be paid more. I wouldn't be surprised if the players were frustrated about this a bit. I mean, hundreds of thousands of people tune in across the entire world just to watch these guys play video games? And they only get paid 70k a year? They bring in much more value to their teams than what they're being paid for. Regardless of the OP's intent about bringing up this subject, the Korean players are underpaid. However, unlike korea where players in a team are paid equally, NA pros get paid on results and fame, even in the same team.ĮDIT2: Removed SKT prediction since that's just an estimate, not from the article. Also, in the article, it says that Locodoco asked a "foreign esports scene specialist" regarding NA scene's salary and he estimated including Riot's payment, players in LCS get around 22k-45k in salary. Just stating the facts from the article to break mindless fantasies regarding salaries.ĮDIT: Typo on the 60% tax, it's 50% because tax is paid to US. Note: This isn't a thread proclaiming koreans are underpaid or whatever. While one might think this is "enough", compared to broodwar players like Flash($250k) and Bisu($180k) or popular personalities like Ocelote($800k+) this is obviously lower than what "rich corporations" in korean LoL scene are predicted to pay.
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(Even B-Teams in big corporation teams without notable results get paid this amount)įurthermore, depending on the team, players only get around 10-30% from prize money and organisations take the rest 70-90%. A recent article in fomos korea has revealed that players in top teams are paid around $35,000-$40,000 a year in salary, while subs and players in smaller teams are paid around $9,000-$12,000 a year.