Bjergsen fined $2,000 for violating Riot LCS ruleset

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Riot's willingness to enforce their League Championship Series Ruleset was shown today when they fined Team SoloMid midlaner Søren 'Bjergsen' Bjerg for breaking Section 10.2.12 of the official LCS rule set.

Riot eSports Manager Nick Allen penned on Riot's forums:

"In late October, Team SoloMid Ownership approached Ninjas in Pyjamas Ownership regarding signing Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg. NiP Ownership granted TSM Ownership permission to speak to Bjergsen directly about the possibility of acquisition. TSM and NiP negotiated a transfer agreement that resulted in Bjergsen joining TSM. During this negotiation, NiP Ownership informed Bjergsen that one of the conditions for his transfer was that he must find a player to fill one of the multiple holes in their roster.

Bjergsen then directly approached another professional player on a different LCS team, Lemondogs, without consulting the team’s manager. He offered this player a significant sum of money to leave his team/contract and to join NiP. The Lemondogs player was interested in the offer, and informed his team of his desire to leave, which eventually resulted in he and two other additional teammates leaving the organization and going to NiP."

The infraction will cost Bjerg $2,000.00, no paltry amount. TSM was absolved of responsibility due to no member of their management being actively involved in Bjerg's courting of the Lemondogs player.