Besiktas Esports allegedly hasn\u2019t been paying League of Legends or CSGO players Be\u015fikta\u015f Arena ForumIt has been alleged that Turkish esports organization Be\u015fikta\u015f Esports has not been paying the players of their esports rosters, according to one of their former League of Legends players. According to a post from League of Legends player Natalie \u2018Stratospanda\u201d Kristiansen, formerly of Be\u015fikta\u015f Esports, the organization has neglected to pay its players properly across its multiple esports rosters. Be\u015fikta\u015f Esports is the pro gaming division of the Turkish football club, Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. Natalie \u2018Stratospanda\u201d Kristiansen joined the Turkish club\u2019s women\u2019s LoL roster in October 2018, and according to her, there were problems from day one. Their first salary payment was allegedly delayed for multiple weeks. The players allegedly went five months without receiving on-time payments, despite alleged promises to the contrary. According to Stratospanda\u2019s Twitlonger, this was also the case for other rosters in the organization, as well as many members of staff. Be\u015fikta\u015f reportedly went so far as to instruct players not to go public about the salary problems, threatening to withhold payment altogether if they did. According to Stratospanda, BJK was allegedly trying to get all of their present and past players to sign non-disclosure agreements in an attempt to keep the problems from going public. Stratospanda left the organization in June and has been trying out for other teams since then. One of her former teammates, Olimpia \u2018Komedyja\u2019 Cichosz replied to the original post, adding some extra fuel to the fire. She alleges that BJK were promising things like boot camps and media days, all while being unable to pay for any of it on time. She also alleged that the team shut the players\u2019 Discord server down when players from the other rosters got wind of what was going on. According to another source that spoke to Dexerto, the Discord was shut down immediately after players on different rosters started asking each other if they were paid while the organization experienced major problems on its football side. Huzurlar\u0131n\u0131zda Kad\u0131n League of Legends tak\u0131m\u0131m\u0131z, Be\u015fikta\u015f’a ho\u015fgeldiniz. S\u0131rada ne var? We’re very proud to announce our female League of Legends roster! Ladies welcome to Be\u015fikta\u015f! What’s next?@Nutteper @komedyja @BesiktasTifa @Stratospanda @KyannaLoL#CometoBe\u015fikta\u015f pic.twitter.com\/oafhFGvXUR\u2014 Be\u015fikta\u015f Esports (@bjkesports) October 10, 2018 Be\u015fikta\u015f J.K. as a football club has had its own problems with money. The club announced in February 2018 that it owed nearly $450 million dollars, with a big portion of that coming from their newly completed stadium. In January of this year it was reported that between BJK and three other Turkish clubs, they collectively owed $2.6 billion. Be\u015fikta\u015f Esports fields teams in men and women\u2019s League of Legends, women\u2019s CS:GO, and Zula (a Counter-Strike clone.) As a result, BJK has had trouble paying its football players as well, and the organization is reported to be on the brink of financial collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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