In the world of roster changes, players are dropped for many reasons. Accordingly, common examples include poor performance, contract expiration, retirement, injury and others. Indeed, a rare cause is due to poor player behaviour. However, that’s exactly why Hangzhou Spark Drops MCD. Read on to learn more!
Hangzhou Spark Drops MCD – Weeks Before Play-In
So, why exactly was Lee “MCD” Jeong-ho, as the flex support for Hangzhou Spark, dropped?
Well, due to a comment he passed during a ranked match against another individual from China. As the clip surfaced and spread across the community, the profanity and racism on display was not very impressive.
Almost immediately following this revelation, Hangzhou Spark immediately took action and failed to tolerate this behaviour as made clear on Twitter:
While the community applauds this action, others are against how harsh the move is.
Of course, one needs to understand that a franchised organization’s appearance to sponsors and the industry are heavily influenced by the behaviour of players. Indeed, Hangzhou Spark is associated and owned by Chinese company Bilibili, as an example.
Also, such a move hurts the team in terms of performance. Specifically, this is taking place before the Play-Ins for the OWL Playoffs in a week or so.
So far, it’s likely that the substitue of Tong “ColdEst” Xiaodong will step in – but will he be able to fill the shoes and help the team?
Accordingly, MCD could have ended his own and his team’s season in one offense.
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