En annoncering på hjemmesiden for World Esports Association (WESA) har afsløret at organisationen vil begynde at benytte dybdegående regulativer og love til at forsøge at overvåge og kontrollere eSportsscenen.
"At WESA, we are committed to creating industry-wide standards in esports that benefit member teams, their players and the esports industry at large. These new standards and regulations will further our goal of better professionalising esports and ensure that all of our organizations are operating on the same level playing field." siger Ken Hershman, der er Executive Chairman og Commissioner hos WESA.
En af de nye regler er den såkaldte "Multi-Team Ownership Prohibition", som betyder at ingen hold kan enten ejes eller delvist ejes af en anpart der også ejer noget af et modsat hold. Dette skulle forhindre interessekonflikter i at opstå. De hold der endnu ikke opfylder dette krav får 18 måneder til at opfylde det.
En anden ny regel er "WESA Personal Code of Conduct", og det beskrives således:
<i>"The conduct of persons and entities bound by this Code reflect the fact that they support the principles and objectives of WESA and must refrain from anything that could be harmful to these aims and objectives. This includes preventing any methods or practices that might jeopardise the integrity of matches or competitions."
Mon ikke at et klart regelsæt kan gavne eSporten?