The situation with payment delays from BLEED is gaining momentum, as the team's CS2 coach Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović has posted on his Twitter the amounts the organization owes them. When summing up all expenses, the organization owes more than $300,000.
Situation Details
Today, kassad posted on his Twitter stating that BLEED systematically delays salary payments, and the team decided to perform in the next two tournaments under the tag "UNPAID." This is intended to serve as a form of boycott against the organization.
In response, the organization released a post explaining that they have paid the salary for August inclusive, but not for September, although the money is being processed. However, after their post, kassad reacted negatively and put up the following banner on Twitter:
Organization Letter
Before publishing the news, the CS section of BLEED sent a letter to the management pointing out violations of contract terms related to their professional agreement. Violations include but are not limited to the following:
- 1) Non-payment of wages: multiple team members have not received their agreed-upon wages for an extended period.
- 2) Unpaid prize money: tournament prize money owed to the team remains unpaid.
- 3) Unfulfilled buyouts: buyouts for Nexa, nawwk, and jkaem, as agreed with G2 and Apeks, have not been processed.
- 4) Lack of communication and unfulfilled promises.
The letter also mentioned that these violations have severely impacted the team's morale, performance, and professional reputation in the esports community. Moreover, they demanded immediate actions to address these violations. Failure to meet these demands promptly could lead to further legal actions and public disclosure of these contractual breaches.
Organization's Debt
Some time later, kassad posted again, this time with the amounts owed by the organization. BLEED did not pay for three transfers, namely $130,000 to Apeks for Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad and Tim "nawwk" Jonasson. The second organization is G2, to which BLEED owes $42,000 for the transfer of Nemanja "nexa" Isaković.
They also owe over $100,000 in prize money and over $60,000 to players and the coach, most likely for salaries and a bootcamp the team held with some of their own money.
130k NOT PAID TO APEKS (from may 15th)
— Aleksandar Trifunovic (@kassad) October 11, 2024
42k NOT PAID TO G2 (From June)
100K IN PRIZE MONEY NOT PAID
15k NOT PAID TO FAVEN
15k+ NOT PAID TO CERQ
10k NOT PAID TO VLDN
20k+ NOT PAID TO ME
STOP LYING YOU CLOWNS https://t.co/bWkTx0T62b
UNPAID Roster
The team will participate in two tournaments this month, namely the Thunderpick World Championship and RES Regional Champions. Nexa will return to the lineup, who was previously benched, and sniper h4rn will also join the roster. The team's lineup is as follows:
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