The Entire PEA situation is really blowing up. Several of the organisations involved in the drama have come out with their own statements. With players, Organisations and even personnel unrelated to PEA coming out explaining their side of the story, it has become important to keep a track of the timeline.
Dekay has posted a detailed timeline on the various allegations, clarifications and statements meted out.
PEA/TSM Timeline thru 12/22/16 PST
Read: https://t.co/IQDDnPp33W
— DeKay (@dekay) December 23, 2016
1. PEA official announcement (September 8th 2016):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptxpf1ybnaa9nx3/PEA%20Launch%20Announcement%209_8_16.pdf?dl=0
Also TSM Reginald mentions working on deal with ECS on the same day:
https://twitter.com/TSMReginald/status/773956510011367424/
2. [Silence to public for a while]
3. DeKay reports on PEA outlawing players from playing in EPL:
https://slingshotesports.com/2016/12/20/professional-esports-association-outlaw-teams-from-esl-pro-league/
4. Player’s open letter posted by SirScoots:
https://medium.com/@sirscootscs/an-open-letter-to-the-professional-esports-association-its-member-teams-and-the-counter-strike-db2fb8b55f75#.ghgw7bmpt
5. Some of the owners sound off on social media (could be more out there).
Jack: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cloud9/comments/5joodb/jack_this_is_not_okay_the_players_should_always/dbi0eb4/
Lake: https://twitter.com/JasonBWLake/status/811732937477496832
Hotshot: https://twitter.com/CLG_HotshotGG/status/811748903552851968 and https://twitter.com/CLG_HotshotGG/status/812120402671480838
6. SirScoots responds to owners posts and provides more information.
a. https://twitter.com/SirScoots/status/811986227012325376
b. https://twitter.com/SirScoots/status/812129125133492224
c. https://twitter.com/SirScoots/status/812144487669579776
7. DeKay reports owners are trying to get players to say they didn’t read the letter:
I'm told PEA owners are currently trying to get players on record saying they "never read" the #playersrights letter before it was released.
— DeKay (@dekay) December 23, 2016
8. Sean Gares states he has gotten removed from TSM:
.@TSMReginald has told me that TSM is going to replace me due to my connection to the #playersrights letter.https://t.co/Lee3QzDos7
— Sean Gares (@seangares) December 23, 2016
9. TSM Reginald posts a Twitlonger about why he kicked Sean Gares:
Here is why I am removing Sean Gares.
Read: https://t.co/VwTBrYYqRl
— TSM FTX Andy (@TSMReginald) December 23, 2016
10. Relyks makes a post of a unified view from the remaining TSM players:
A Unified Reply
Read: https://t.co/E3q2gWvyHc
— Relyks (@RelyksOG) December 23, 2016
11. Sean Gares responds to Reginald’s Twitlonger:
My reply to @TSMReginald
Read: https://t.co/EvtUkTrk8S
— Sean Gares (@seangares) December 23, 2016
12. Shahzam states he is sticking with Sean Gares in a twitch chat. (https://gyazo.com/6696ef8f8ba8fa69f12fefa7dc7a542d)