Soniqs excludes Leslao for racist message
North American team Soniqs has excluded ??Rodrigo "LESLÃO" Santos from the roster. In The International 11 match, the Esportsman used a hero statue with a racist message in its title: "Run nigga".
Soniqs stated:
At the conclusion of our TI11 match versus BOOM Esports, there was a racist message visible in-game from Rodrigo "LESLÃO" Santos. We hold our players to a high standard of professionalism and have a zero-tolerance policy towards racism or discrimination of any kind. Effective immediately, we have released LESLÃO from his contract at the Soniqs.
Soniqs participated at The International 11. At the end of the group stage, the team finished in last place and left the championship. It isn't known how much they earned since Valve hasn't announced the rules yet. However, in past tournaments, the weakest teams received from 0.25% to 0.50% of the prize pool.
Current Soniqs roster: