Riot Games LCS has Fined TSM Owner and Places on Probation

Andy "Reginald" Dinh, the CEO and founder of Team Solo-Mid has been fined $75,000. He has also been put on a two-year probation. Riot Games made the announcement on Wednesday, July 13.

The League of Legends Championship Series is one of the biggest esports events in the world. League of Legends teams from around the world come together to show their skill. Winning the event is always a brilliant achievement, but TSM will have a hard time now.

With allegations coming to a conclusion, the owner of TSM has come under fire for bullying players. Riot Games LCS has sanctioned him and put restrictions on his involvement with LCS.

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Allegations from TSM teammates

At the end of 2021, a TSM member made allegations against Andy Dinh. The accusations made were regarding bullying and berating players and staff of TSM.

It seems that the community are relieved about this decision too. It must have been clear what his management was like if LCS fans could even see it.

Riot Games released an official statement about TSM detailing the accusations. They stated that...

"Dinh’s verbal assaults had caused players and staff public humiliation, mental breakdowns and more"

The original TSM accusation then developed as...

"additional individuals who are or were associated with TSM came forward with similar allegations through the NA LCS Players Association"

LCS reacted to this allegation and did their own independent report of the situation. They found that TSM Andy Dinh had a pattern of using bullying behaviours against staff and players alike.

Riot Games enforcement against TSM

The esports team TSM has been fined a fee by Riot Games of $75,000. This will come from Dinh's own pocket of course as he was the issue. Additionally, he will have to meet certain requirements on his two-year probation. Andy Dinh will have

• Mandatory executive coaching and voluntary executive coaching for other executives
• Leadership training and culture-building training
• An anonymous reporting hotline so that employees can lodge complaints about any executive. This is outside of the normal chain of command and without fear of retaliation.

The LCSPA supported the decision and will work with Riot to ensure that the training is followed. However, this will be a huge change for the team and hopefully set standards for management in the esports industry.