Riot's global head of esports, John Needham, wrote a blog post and conducted an interview with Travis Gafford outlining Riot's future plans for esports given the industry's current crisis and the financial struggles of many of the teams. Monte and Thorin react to Riot's plans and pierce through the PR veneer to get to the core issues and evaluate whether the changes to the LoL ecosystem can be successful. Leaks have sprouted around Riot's plans to allow teams to field up to three imported players, but will this be successful at making more competitive teams from LCS? The LPL finals and LEC Spring groups round out the conversation alongside some healthy appreciate for the upcoming MSI and its exciting format.

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