Riot Games Brasil and the Brazilian team association ABCDE agreed that players and coaches taking part in the CBLoL should be employed by their teams, myCNB revealed yesterday.

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“ABCDE was created with the idea of always seeking more professionalism for the clubs and athletes and, consequently, for our sport,” said Carlos “Fury” Júnior, president of ABCDE and director of the CNB e-Sports Club, “One goal since our creation was the registration in the work card system for all cyber-athletes in the premiere division of League of Legends. We aligned with Riot, who also agreed on the same idea, and we defined that we would begin this process starting this year.”

This new stipulation in CBLoL will be part of the contract between Riot Games Brasil and the teams. Even the Red Canids, the only CBLoL team not part of ABCDE since its departure in December, will have to comply to the new CBLoL rule.

“We aspire to be the most player-focused gaming company in the world and therefore we encourage the professionalization of the entire esports ecosystem,” Riot Games Brasil said to myCNB. “We work in partnership with organizations and teams to foster the industry and ensure athletes a safe and development-friendly environment of a career.”

Contract issues have been looming for quite some time, even in North America and Europe. As we explained last year, many esports companies, especially teams, could potentially be violating employment law by misclassifying workers as independent contractors.

By employing their players, Brazilian teams now comply to labor laws. Players will, for example, gain rights to paid holidays, overtime for hours worked in a week over 44, social security contributions, and the retirement fund.

INTZ and Keyd Stars, two of the CBLoL teams, have already registered their players.

“The registration process is very simple, since the profession of cyber-athlete already exists in the Commercial Board,” said André Pontes, co-owner of Keyd. “The minimum wage is approximately $400.”

According to ABCDE’s president, the teams will follow the 1998 Pelé Law, created to provide more transparency and professionalism in traditional sports.

Players will have contracts of at least one year, and up to three years—LCS contracts already can’t go over three years per Riot. Fines for contractual termination will continue to exist. And, just like in soccer, 60% of the salary will be counted on the work card, and 40% as image rights.

Recruiting foreign players in the CBLoL will also be a bit more complicated, too, as they will need proper work visas. French player Hugo “Dioud” Padioleau, currently performing for Red Canids, became the first foreigner to receive a “Pro Esport Player” visa in Brazil in August 2015 (after playing for PaiN Gaming for over half a year, most likely with a tourist visa).

Riot Games Brazil and ABCDE working together to force teams into using salaried contracts is certainly a good news for the professionalization of Brazilian esports.