BLAST tell about conflicts of interest at Major – EliGE, siuhy, npl and others are on the list

Tournament operator BLAST has published a list of statements from teams and players regarding conflicts of interest with other participants of the upcoming BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025, as required by Valve.

Seven players are listed by the organizers as having conflicts of interest with other participants: Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski, Tim "⁠susp⁠" Ångström, Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson, Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan, Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin, Andrii "⁠npl⁠" Kukharskyi and Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek.

EliGE's conflict stems from his 0.043% stake in Liquid, which he has declared since departing the organization in 2023.

Metizport has declared conflicts with two of its former players, namely susp and ztr. They consist of a "performance-based bonus payable to Metizport" if the player's team qualifies for BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025, as well as a "percentage share of any future transfer fee". susp qualified for the Major as part of Wildcard, while ztr did not qualify with GamerLegion, but participated in the qualifiers with Metizport.

arT will be playing at his first Major as part of Fluxo since departing FURIA in the first half of 2024. The Brazilian organization stated that the former IGL was gifted a "small number of shares" and provided the opportunity to purchase additional FURIA shares (amounting to "under 1% of FURIA's total shares").

The remaining three players are on loan to other organizations participating in BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 or qualifiers. 9 Pandas, which failed to advance to the European qualifier, announced that they had signed a loan deal with BetBoom Team for KaiR0N- for the duration of the tournament. npl joined B8 on a loan deal from NAVI in 2023, and the lease period will remain in force "till the end of the second Major in December 2025". Finally, Liquid declared that siuhy is still on loan from MOUZ.

Origin: blast.tv