Rooting out the risks associated with investing in an eSports team requires that traditional legal due diligence be augmented by identification of what are unique industry-specific issues. Below is a non-exhaustive checklist of the more prevalent issues investors should consider prior to any investment into an eSports team. For eSports investors, however, the core concern is in understanding where in the corporate structure of an eSports organization their investment will be made. Not long ago, a public dispute ensued when certain eSports teams announced they would play exclusively in a particular CS:GO league. ***Bottom line: The eSports investment equation is not the same from organization to organization or team to team.

Source: Forbes February 24, 2017 19:21 UTC