After concluding their Flashpoint 1 appearance under the FunPlus Phoenix banner, Bad News Bears have added Will "⁠dazzLe⁠" Loafman to take the place of Austin "⁠crashies⁠" Roberts.

According to Dust2.us, the 22-year-old elected to step down from the roster to instead focus on Riot Games' upcoming tactical shooter VALORANT, leaving Bad News Bears to search for a new player just one week ahead of their ESL One: Road to Rio appearance.

crashies had been a part of the Bad News Bears core since May 2019, helping the roster to make a grand final appearance in ESEA MDL Global Challenge Season 32 under Riot Squad, a first for a North American team. More recently, Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney and company managed a playoff berth in Flashpoint 1 while playing under the FunPlus Phoenix banner, with crashies averaging a 0.90 rating before the team were eliminated in 7-8th place following losses to MAD Lions and Gen.G.

dazzLe has replaced crashies on Bad News Bears

dazzLe, formerly of eUnited, previously played alongside Michael "⁠dapr⁠" Gulino and Jonathan "⁠Jonji⁠" Carey on Singularity and New Identity, respectively.

He has been largely inactive since the North American Singularity roster was released in January following the restructuring of ESL Pro League, making his sole appearance as a part of New Patrol in the Americas Minor closed qualifier, in which he averaged a 0.93 rating.

With the change, Bad News Bears are: