I'd say the same thing about Malcalypse

I mean I don't even know who that is, so that alone should say something.

But you could also just reason logically. I think you're in dreamland if you don't think all the negativity around TSM and their players have affected the org.

Think about it like this. If you're a EUW pro, would you rather just do what POE does and just milk the scene, be the best player or 2nd best player on your team and get a ton of praise just chilling in a middle of the pack team? Or would you play on TSM where you're making less money, getting a ton of hate for every mistake, insane pressure to perform, and possibly career ending if you shit the bed (like Mithy and Yellowstar, and others).

What if I told you Mithy could still be making 600+k a year right now just chilling in a middle of the pack NA team? But he choose TSM and it ended his career, was forced into retirement and he's now barly scraping by on 40k a year as a coach. No NA or EUW team wanted to hire him after.

I think a small caveat to this though, is that TSM benched Bjerg, so I could see a world where this massively raised TSM's market value for players. The first obvious reason is that you don't have to be a ward for Bjergsen anymore. The second reason is that you could potentially become the new face of TSM if you perform. I could see some value in that.