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The Philadelphia 76ers' ownership group announced on Monday that it has acquired two eSports teams, Team Apex and Team Dignatas, and will merge them into a single organization under the Dignatas banner. The team will compete in League of Legends, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm while the 76ers will handle the day-to-day operations including player recruitment, marketing and sales.
This marks the first time that a North American sports franchise has bought into eSports, unlike in Europe where a number of top football clubs -- including Vfl Wolfsburg, West Ham United, Manchester City and Valencia CF -- all own their own digital sports teams. A few NBA owners like Mark Cuban, Dan Gilbert and Steve Kaplan have invested in teams and leagues, none have flat out bought one. The closest we have to that is retired NBA star Rick Fox, who purchased team Gravity Gaming before renaming it Echo Fox.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/26/the-philadelphia-76ers-just-bought-a-pair-of-esports-teams/
Since PE is an RCE and profits are paramount on most players minds, otherwise why would they be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop their characters, I wonder how many of the super duper uber players in PE have been contacted by National sports franchises to be purchased because of their top position in this game and this games growing importance in esports world? How much did they offer?