In a press conference hosted by Alienware, Team Dignitas owner and manager Michael ‘ODEE’ O’dell just announced that their EU League of Legends roster was sold to the organization Follow Esports, the “TV Guide of Esports”. For O’Dell it must have been the most comfortable dilemma a team owner can find himself in. He was forced to sell one of his League of Legends rosters due to a ruling that permits to own more than one team in Riot Games LCS. When their european roster achieved to promote from the Challenger Series to the LCS, O’dell had to make a quick decision.

In a bidding war that lasted several weeks, bidders had to pay at least $500,000. While both, the new and the old owner stayed quiet about the final digit, it was reported that some $750,000 were paid to purchase Dignitas.EU. The new team owner Follow Esports, besides being relatively new to the industry, are expanding quickly. To date the organization holds rosters in Hearthstone, Counter-Strike, Super Smash Bros., World of WarCraft and now League of Legends.