Sources: Dignitas' League of Legends Championship Series franchising application declined
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Team Dignitas will not participate in the 2018 North American League of Legends Championship Series season following its franchising application being declined by Riot Games, league sources told ESPN.
有人偷偷告诉 Jacob Wolf， Dignitas 不能继续参加 2018 NALCS 了。
Riot Games began notifying phase two applicants of the status of its application on Tuesday, with calls going through Friday evening, sources familiar with the process said. Team Dignitas was not the only existing team in the league to be notified of its removal, sources said. Reasoning behind the declination has yet to be disclosed.
Riot 从当地时间周二开始到周五傍晚，联络第二阶段的申请者（想要参与 2018 NALCS 必须缴交第一阶段的书审资料，经过筛选后还有第二阶段的面谈），告诉他们采用与否。Dignitas不是唯一现有队伍当中被通知移除名单的组织。
Team Dignitas will be entered into a pool for compensation for an exit fee, alongside the other teams that participated in the 2017 Summer League Championship Series and Challenger Series split, according to aiot Games explainer. Dignitas will be rewarded a minimum of six shares in that pool, three for each split since Dignitas' ownership change in fall 2016. The dividends will be calculated based off the extra $3 million buy-in fees paid by each team that is entering the league for the first time.
Existing teams that are accepted into the franchise era will pay the standard $10 million, which means they will not contribute to the exit fee pool.
这里是说明如何补偿被移除名单的队伍。想要更了解可以参阅 Riot 发的新闻稿， https://goo.gl/HYfGS6 ，版上好像还没有人翻译，里面就是说明审核队伍的进程概况，还有提到 NALCS 会确定维持10队。
One of those new teams, Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob and his son Kirk, wereccepted into the leaguen Wednesday, sources said. The Lacobs will have to pay $13 million over several years to enter the league: $10 million as a flat buy-in and the $3 million for replacing an existing franchise.
这里版上有发搜寻勇士便可看到，或参阅这篇 https://goo.gl/NYhRpR 。金州勇士（NBA篮球队）的老板，Joe Lacob 和他的儿子 Kirk，在当地时间周三确定能进军 2018 NALCS。
Dignitas will be forced to sell or terminate the contracts of AD carry Benjamin "LOD" DeMunck and jungler Lee "Shrimp" Byeong-hoon, whose contracts extend into the 2018 season, in order for Dignitas to be entitled to its exit fee from the league. The remaining player contracts will end on Nov. 20, the day before the opening of the transfer period for the 2018 season.
Dignitas 因此被迫出售或终止 LOD 和 Shrimp 的合约。其他队员将会在今年转会期的前一天恢复自由身。
Riot Games announced in June that it would be reformatting the North American League Championship Series for the 2018 season to include permanent ownership, an academy league and revenue sharing. The league received more than 100 applicants, sources said, spanning from those who previously participated in the league, sports team owners, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
The applicant list was narrowed to a shortlist in September, known as phase two, that saw ownership and executive staff of those applicants travel to Los Angeles to meet with Riot Games and review their application.
这里是简单介绍 2018 NA LCS 的演变，想知道更详细的可以参阅 https://goo.gl/n7oH1f ，还有前面提到的 https://goo.gl/HYfGS6 。
Team Dignitas is one of the four active remaining founding teams of the NA LCS. With this exit, only Team SoloMid, Counter Logic Gaming and Team Liquid (formerly Team Curse) remain as the original organizations. The league started in February 2013 and has seen organizations enter and leave through relegation and promotion, as well as the sale of rosters and league slots, over the past four years.
The parent organization of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, acquired Team Dignitas and Apex Gaming in September 2016. Team Dignitas was the first esports organization to be acquired by a sports team ownership group, rather than one participating member. With the acquisition, those two brands merged, with Apex Gaming's League Championship Series slot rebranded as Team Dignitas, who were relegated from the league earlier that year.
最后除了提到去年九月 Dignitas 的所有权人转为费城76人（NBA篮球队），还提到 Dignitas 和 TSM, CLG, Team Liquid (前身为 Team Curse) 是 NALCS 的四元老。
再会了， Team Dignitas
Team Dignitas, the Philadelphia 76ers and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment declined to comment. Riot Games did not respond to request for comment.
这种事怎么能回应呢，可恶的ESPN
最后附上 reddit 乡民的反应 https://redd.it/76feg6
大家不妨来一起猜猜 2018 NALCS 的最终名单吧
我觉得挺有趣的