The BLEED squad can’t catch a break.

After missing out on one of their biggest goals – the Shangai RMR – this weekend we learned that they were not even being paid. Now it all makes sense.

The players and coach kassad issued a statement revealing troubling issues around lack of communication, unpaid salaries, delayed buyouts, out-of-pocket bootcamp expenses, and delayed tournament prize money. Don’t worry; that last one shouldn’t be much anyway.

The issues have been ongoing since the project’s inception, as “most of the players received their first salary in April, despite signing contracts back in December”.

These practices seem to be a hallmark of the BLEED organization, affecting not only the CS2 team but also their Dota 2, Valorant, and R6 divisions, whose players have also spoken up.

Several hours after kassad’s statement, BLEED an update addressing the allegations, denying any claims of communicational issues.

However, they conveniently ignored the more serious financial allegations. Maybe the PR team isn’t getting paid either.

In response, kassad came out with the receipts, backed by Apeks and G2 noting that they also have unresolved issues with the org concerning the transfers of nawwk, jkaem, and more recently, nexa.

Just another day in the esports scene.