A Valve employee has reportedly reached out to several professional CS:GO players regarding possible changes to the company's in-game coaching ban, according to Slingshot Esports' Jarek "DeKay" Lewis.

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Valve instituted a rule in August that banned coaches from communicating with players in-game at CS:GO Majors. Citing sources with knowledge of the situation, the report said that a Valve employee named Vitaliy Genkin contacted "numerous legend-status players" about "a possible revision of the rule and encouraged them to draft a response." Genkin is listed on Valve's website as having joined the company in 2006.

According to the report, the players planned to meet in early October where they would send a response to Valve that would say that they wanted to allow coaches to talk with players during the 15-second periods between rounds. The report does not specify which players were contacted nor clarifies whether or not the meeting took place.

After a negative response from the community, Valve released a statement stating that the rule was brought about to ensure that "any team of five players that demonstrate excellence in all skills of CS," as opposed to those that can afford a sixth player to coach.

Preston Dosza is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.