Scott "SirScoots" Smith says that six PEA teams' players unanimously voted to play in the ESL Pro League over PEA's league because they felt that EPL's higher prize pools were better for the Counter-Strike scene.

In a series of tweets posted Thursday, SirScoots explained that while EPL is less likely to be profitable for every team involved in this specific decision, the overall prize pool is bigger, and there's more prestige to the EPL than PEA's upcoming league.

As it stands, the PEA will offer a $500,000 prize pool with $250,000 in profit sharing for teams in the one season that has been confirmed, while the EPL offers $1 million in prize money and $1 million in revenue sharing for owners and players over four confirmed seasons.

"The players know that it's easier to place well in a 7-10 team NA league and win more prize [money] over a global 28 team league," SirScoots wrote on Twitter. "They don't care."

SirScoots explained that there is a deal in place for PEA teams that offers revenue sharing, but not profit sharing. Splyce owner Marty Strenczewilk responded by saying he wasn't aware of such a deal as the owner of a team in the EPL, to which Scoots responded by saying that he is unsure what European teams get, as he only represents some PEA teams.

One thing to keep in mind in all of this, the deals between the teams and the leagues are often not equal per team. My #'s are estimates. — Scott Smith (@SirScoots) January 5, 2017

The PEA allowed players to choose whether to play in PEA's internal league and the EPL in December, and SirScoots began representing the players when they believed that their owners were forcing them to play in the PEA league over the EPL. The only team's votes that SirScoots says he is unaware of is compLexity's, as he does not represent them.

Daniel Rosen is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.