As the business of eSports continues to swell, Andy Miller, co-owner of NRG as well as the Sacramento Kings, is calling for unionization and collective bargaining to help the community work with publishers. In an interview with IGN eSports, Miller stated that the industry is in need of formal organizations to represent their needs. Of course, last month, following relegation from the North American League Championship Series, NRG Esports terminated the contracts with its entire League of Legends lineup.
“If you look at LCS, look at how many different teams have played in that already and it’s pretty remarkable,” he said. “So I think what we’re gonna need to see is more organization among the teams and among the players themselves where there is maybe a union and a league of teams, collective bargaining agreements would be great, where we could really understand what the players needs are, what teams needs are, and then work with those publishers.”
