I agree with Erasmus here, however I also agree with "the community site is the gateway to new sponsors." Sponsors only care about the numbers game and how much exposure they get, Idra is a perfect example of this! If there is something much more serious such as racism I guess that is when sponsors will make sure it is dealt with asap. But small shit talk like this.... seriously?
As long as the sponsored players/teams are getting that exposure, thats all the sponsors really care about... money. It really shouldn't matter that much what the community thinks about someone and how they behave.. "that much."
If anything, people love the drama. It's not exactly a bad thing. It only attracts more attention = exposure.
Hey man, sponsor here.
If PiG turned into a bantering idiot (not going to happen) I would pull his sponsorship.
There are different types of 'bad publicity' and SEA is too small to warrant any 'bad boy' antics.
I don't want to market my brand as something that supports BM behavior or banter/trolling. I am very harsh on it through all of my sponsored players/teams and it states in all contracts that BM is not acceptable.
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