Some say it is unfair to have two teams in the WC3L. World Elite has their Asian division and their international division in WC3L. But the rules say that it's fair, if you obey the three criterias.
World Elite, last season champions, are top favorites to win the title once again with their superstars Lyn, ReMinD, Sky, Soju and LiiL-- Oh, right, that's in their second team. So how is it exactly that an organization can have two teams in the same league? Stated in the WC3L rules, it says that "in general the WC3L will not allow two teams owned by the same individual or company to compete in the WC3L". However, it also says that the WC3L supervisor can grant exceptions from this rule if they fulfill the following criteria:
1. Both teams have to be a team from a specific country or geographical region. (e.g. Clan ABC New Zealand and Clan ABC International or Clan ABC Asia and Clan ABC Europe).
2. The team names have to include the geographic or national distinction (Clan ABC New Zealand and Clan ABC International NOT Clan ABC Blue and Clan ABC Red or Clan ABC New Zealand and Clan ABC).
3. The teams cannot share players or organisers. The players have to be distributed among the two teams according to their geographical or national place of residence. A player or orga who joins one of the two teams is barred from playing in the other team or handling the organisation of the other team for the rest of the running season, even if his geographical or national situation changes in a way that would have made him a player or orga of the respective other team. (Clan ABC New Zealand cannot have members that are no residents of New Zealand and Clan ABC International cannot have members that are residents of New Zealand).
For every season the two teams are in the same league, they are bound to play each other in the first playday to eliminate any doubts of fair play and suspicious 5-0 matches by the end of the season to reach offline playoffs or avoid the playdowns.
Links
WC3L.com - The WC3L rules
