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Who watches the watchmen?On May 8, Riot Games permanently banned one of the top professional League of Legends teams in North America, Renegades, in one of the harshest punishments ever levied on an esports team. The move potentially cost the team and its two leaders, Christopher MonteCristo Mykles and Chris Badawi, millions of dollars of future revenue and sponsorship opportunities.Every major sports league in the world has rules, and most, such as the NFL, NBA and MLB, have an appeals process. But in the largest and most popular competitive esports league in the world, the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), its organizer, Riot Games, sits as investigator, prosecutor, judge and jury.Riots rulings against Renegades, and specifically Badawi, who was already banned for a year for attempted poaching, are far more severe and come with more consequences than the rulings before it. Without third-party oversight or a transparent and consistent process, rulings such as this will be questioned in the future, especially with the ever-increasing influx of money into esports in general, and League of Legends in particular.Additionally, some traditional sports organizations have become timid about investing in the LCS because it appears that teams can be forced out without proper discourse.Lets take a look at how this investigation unfolded, as reported over the previous two months.Since the LCS was established in January 2013, the league has made inconsistent rulings against some of its participants with no independent oversight. Prior to Renegades, the rulings have been mild. In late 2014 and early 2015, Riot Games fined North American squad Counter Logic Gaming $14,500 cumulatively for poaching Darshan ZionSpartan Upadhyaya and William Scarra Li. ZionSpartan, a player, and Scarra, a coach, were both temporarily suspended. Months later, Riot Games fined the European team MeetYourMakers €5,000 after it was discovered that manager Sebastian Rotterdam had threatened one of the teams players, Marcin Kori Wolski, with legal action.Citing unnamed sources in the May 8 statement released on Lolesports (Riots official site), Riot alleged multiple cases of wrongdoing against Renegades players and owners, including claims that Renegades purposely misled Riot in player trades, did not properly disclose team ownership and mistreated their players. Team Impulse and Team Dragon Knights were also banned, but the cloudy circumstances surrounding Renegades have raised the most questions.The first allegation questioned the ownership of Renegades League of Legends team.In June 2015, Riot ruled that Badawi tried to poach Team Liquids Diego Quas Ruiz and Yuri KEITH Jew, banning Badawi from owning a team for a year. His punishment was Riots first extended ban for tampering.Upon qualifying for the LCS in August 2015, Renegades incorporated under a different organization than its original company, C.B. Gaming LLC, which was co-owned equally by Badawi and Mykles. The new company, Mykles Gaming LLC, lists Mykles as the sole owner, with Badawi serving as its CEO, according to its articles of incorporation. In December, Mykles submitted a team agreement with Riot, revealing his articles of incorporation, which included Badawis position as Mykles Gaming CEO. Each team must sign an agreement with Riot Games in order to compete in the LCS.In its ruling, Riot Games alleged that Badawi was promised a 50 percent ownership stake after his yearlong ban is lifted, and making such an agreement during Badawis ban was a violation of league rules. Badawi and Mykles, as well as their attorney, Bryce Blum (an ESPN contributor), claim no such agreement existed. Riot refuted that claim, saying it was not a long-form legal agreement in a statement to ESPN. Riot did not provide ESPN proof of the agreement.Upon being notified of the ongoing investigation, Mykles offered an affidavit to Riot Games director of esports Whalen Rozelle that stated that Mykles is the sole owner of Mykles Gaming LLC. Rozelle told Mykles in an electronic chat, obtained by ESPN, that Mykles did not need that affidavit. Instead, Mykles and Rozelle agreed to set a meeting with Riot and Renegades attorneys to discuss the investigation.Less than 24 hours after that conversation, before the meeting occurred, Riot Games banned Mykles and Renegades. Riot also alleged in a statement that the conduct of Renegades management, specifically Badawi, raised player welfare concerns, citing confrontations between management and players, refusal to honor payment and contract provisions, and failure to maintain a safe environment for all team members. Riot said this was corroborated by multiple sources to its investigative team.Sources say there was some unhappiness among players in the Renegades house, and confrontations did occur.One of those confrontations was an argument between Maria Remilia Creveling and Badawi after she notified the team of her intention to leave the week of Jan. 31, according to several team members who were present. According to Mykles, Badawi threatened to deduct money from Remilias salary to recoup money that Badawi had given her for medical procedures.Badawis threat upset Remilia, several members of the house told ESPN. During the argument, Badawi was removed from the room by Renegades coach David Hermes Tu, and then Badawi spoke with Mykles and the remainder of the staff that evening, Mykles said.I spoke with Chris Badawi that evening and we agreed that he had acted impulsively and emotionally in this situation, Mykles said. We also agreed that his previous financial support of Maria Creveling was borne solely out of his generosity and had no bearing on her player contract with Mykles Gaming LLC; therefore, all associated payments should be made to her, and they subsequently and immediately were. I was also informed that Christopher Badawi had apologized to Maria Creveling that same day.After the dispute, Remilia -- who could not be reached for comment -- requested to stay in the Renegades house until she found a new home, and Mykles said he approved. She stayed until Feb. 22, and then moved to the NRG Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive home in Las Vegas.The final allegation made by Riot Games claims that there was a corporate relationship between Renegades and Challenger squad Team Dragon Knights.Badawi was a former owner of Team Dragon Knights, prior to his initial ban. Team Dragon Knights co-CEOs Chris Shim and Sean Shim, and their attorney David Graham, have given ESPN a copy of their operating agreement, which shows that Sean is the 90 percent owner and the remaining 10 percent is owned by Arena Online, a third-party tournament organizer that isnt affiliated with Badawi or Renegades.Despite no corporate link of ownership, the teams did conduct in-house scrimmages between each other, mixing and matching players until both teams got the rosters they felt most comfortable with. The result was one trade between the two teams; Renegades acquired Shin Seraph Woo-yeong and Noh Ninja Geon-woo, while Team Dragon Knights acquired Cuong Flaresz Ta, Oleksii RF Legendary Kuziuta and Alexey Alex Ich Ichetovkin.In an April 21 email to Mykles obtained by ESPN, former Riot Games associate esports manager Hunter Leigh alleged that Renegades were misleading about their relationship with Team Dragon Knights, stating that players were continually traded back and forth. The alleged trades Leigh is referencing would be legal, but he claims Renegades were not up front about them; Renegades disagreed with this claim and state only one trade was made.Leigh also alleged that players were housed by their former teams after the trade, which is true in the case of RF Legendary, who served only as a substitute for the Dragon Knights. In Riots ruling, the company said: Both REN [Renegades] and TDK [Team Dragon Knights] were found to have provided incomplete and/or inaccurate answers and documents to deliberately hide a relationship and interactions which exceed acceptable bounds.Riot Games would not provide further evidence backing its allegations, citing the need to protect its sources.Cheap Womens Air Max 97 . The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries. Air Max 97 Fake . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. http://www.outletairmax97.com/ . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. Air Max 97 Silver Bullet For Sale . 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Air Max 97 Vapormax Gold Bullet . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in.Eddie Jones has compared Englands autumn opener against South Africa to the Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.England, the grand slam champions, are targeting a first victory in the fixture since 2006, a barren spell spanning 12 Tests, and Jones insists that standing toe to toe with opponents who view the game as chess with steroids is the path to defeat.To illustrate his point, he recalls how Ali overcame Foreman in the eighth round of their heavyweight showdown in Zaire in 1974 by using rope-a-dope tactics.Ali absorbed Foremans most powerful blows before delivering the knockout punches once the champion, who was feared for his power, had exhausted himself and Jones believes England need to be similarly wily when they collide with South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.Against a physically aggressive side, youve got to play smart, Jones said.We wont be shying away from the physical side of the game, but when Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman, if he went toe to toe with him he was going to lose, so he had to find other ways of getting around him.We dont want to go toe to toe with South Africa because thats what they want to do. You never go into a game of rugby knowing what the opposition want to do, and then do it.South Africa play the game like its a physical game of chess -- like chess with steroids. They know exactly where they want to go and they do it with force. We need to be physical in every game, but the tactical part against South Africa is different.Because of their overtness in their physicality they give you opportunities and well take those opportunities. Rugby is always physical. Its not a different challenge. The challenge for us is to be tactically smart.If you play against South Africa and they keep doing that [smacks one hand on other], their eyes light up and they say how good is this?Jones offers his take on South African selection policy, pointing to the inclusion of thee 6ft 7ins Pieter-Steph du Toit at openside as an example.ddddddddddddIf youre not under 6ft 6ins you get thrown out the door. Its easy to do selection in the Springboks. South Africa never change, he said.Tom Wood has been set the task of stopping the Springboks on the gainline after being chosen to replace the injured James Haskell at openside in what will be his first Test appearance since last autumns World Cup.However, it is the inclusion of the jet-heeled Elliot Daly in place of Jonathan Joseph at outside centre that provided the biggest surprise at Thursdays team announcement.Joseph, who is demoted to the bench where he provides midfield and wing cover, has been dropped for the first time since establishing himself during the 2015 Six Nations to give Daly his first start following five replacement appearances.Jones stated earlier this year that Daly is not a Test 13, but the improvements demanded of the 24-year-old Wasp with devastating speed and a thunderous left boot have prompted the Australian to revise his opinion.Dalys a bright boy. Hes full of energy. He mixes well with the other guys and is a popular guy in the squad, Jones said.Hes now doing the small things better -- working off the ground to get in position to defend again, working off the ground to get in position to attack again.Hes not making the easy 50-50 pass, hes making good decisions with the ball. Hes been really impressive.Jones explained the exclusion of Semesa Rokoduguni, the Aviva Premierships in-form wing, on the grounds that he is not ready to face a team of South Africas calibre, but indicated that he will play some part in the Old Mutual Wealth Series.You make your debut as a Test match batsman at the WACA against the West Indies and four quicks, or on the flat track in Melbourne against spinners, Jones said. ' ' '