First six franchise cities and their GMs announced for Championship Gaming Series

Posted May 27, 2007 at 2:41PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Andy Reif, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
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First Six Franchise Cities and their GMs announced for Championship Gaming Series - Image 1 The first worldwide professional gaming league, called the Championship Gaming Series (CGS), has given word that its first six franchise teams will be New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, and Charlotte. Each team already has its own General Manager.

Professional gamer Dave Geffon will be the GM for Team 3D which will be representing New York. The as yet unnamed LA team will be headed by GM Jason Lake who has earned quite a reputation both as a competitor and a recruiter.

Brian Flander from Team Onslaught will be handling GM responsibilities for the Chicago team while gaming journalist Kat Hunter will be holding the GM position at the San Francisco team. President of Team Pandemic Mark Dolven will be Charlotte's GM and Jax Money Crew founder Alex Conroy will be the GM for Dallas.

CGS Commissioner Andy Reif has spoken about this event and the integral roles that the GMs would be having in this game.

We're excited to announce our first six cities and looking forward to unveiling these teams at our inaugural Draft. WeÂ’re also very proud of our first group of GMs. Each of them will play a vital role in the success of the league.


The GMs will recruit, draft, and manage their teams and then be responsible for day-to-day management of each franchise. It will be up to the GMs to lead their teams to victory during the upcoming regular season and playoffs. Each of them is scouting talent and will be making their decisions on players to draft after a thorough evaluation at the Region 1 Combine.


The league's top prospects will be duking it out at the Region 1 Combine which will be held from June 9-11 in Los Angeles. Players who participate at the Regional Combine will be eligible for the June 12 CGS Draft to be held at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. Each drafted player will be playing for his team with their salaries coming from the US$ 5 million league payroll.

The season starts June 23 in Los Angeles. Each player will earn a minimum of US$ 30,000, a figure that could very well reach US$ 100,000 in annual salary and bonuses making this a very lucrative profession for those who are aiming to join the league.

 
 
 

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