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CGS Gamers Need Agents?

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Gamers, like any other athlete walk a fine line. Their future in the sport is very much up in the air and it could end just as quickly as it started. One day they could be CGS World Champs and the next they could be watching the finals from the comfort of their own home, arm-chair warrior style. The CGS has had an extremely high turnover rate in its two years of operation and I've seen a lot of dreams crushed. However, does that mean players should be able negotiate contracts or personal endorsements?

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i dont think players need agents, i think any competitive team that wants to go far should seek for a manager.
#teamricochet
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um.. ?
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there isn't enough money in cgs for people to hire agents

AHAHAH, don't make me laugh.
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they must lay 1.6
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Don't see any need in agents, at least in CS. It can work in warcraft/starcraft though.
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I think CGS is a fcuking gameshow and fails to try and act like a league similar to NFL etc. Its all self contained there is no real drafting, managers don't do anything apart from picking friends to join their team, so there is no need for Agents or a CGS players association or w/e
Potti: Why are you trying to prep-talk me you idiot
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Agents are useful in professional sports because they have contacts among all of the leagues entities (teams, unions, management etc). There are no entities to establish contacts with in the CGS other than it's actual ownership, because the ownership actually owns all of the teams and contracts themselves. Therefore an Agent would be pretty much useless.
#masterful
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The players make crap money as it is, hiring a agent would just be a needless waste of money. Keep your skills up to par and u have nothing to worry about. I mean look at nepo and che they suck but they have a secure position on the team lol. So im sure if ur above average u can allways find a team or a friend over the years that can carry u like steno does.
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we talking about video games here right
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QUOTE:
"To fear death is to limit life"


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#10 has it

also ROFL at the picture of fatality, seriously his products and marketing are fcking hilarious

also for CGS players if they actually needed an agent, basically theyd give up 3/4 of their salary, WOOHOO
HOW CAN SHE SLAP
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when are people gunna wake up and realize that competive video gaming is never going to be a sport and will never be acknowledged as a sport....not to mention sports require athletism which is everything warden dosent have

This comment was edited at 09/09/2008 7:14 PM
RASTAFARIANPIRATE Ψ RedruM Theres pirates among these seas
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Why would players who are part of a joke league need agents?
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csp players need eye balls to see that only 8 people are currently playing the game online
thanks to steampowered.com/status

they need eyes not agents.... they also need their head pointed in the right way
CAL/CEVO-Main 12-0 / TheFinalStand

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