Activision Blizzard settles DOJ lawsuit over eSports wage suppression
. The case, submitted in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, focuses on a rule that required independently owned teams to effectively pay double if they passed a soft salary cap. A federal judge will still need to approve the settlement.Call of Duty
leagues, the “competitive balance tax” was structured to penalize teams if their compensation exceeded a threshold set by Activision.
Additionally, the Antitrust Division filed a proposed consent decree that would bar Activision from imposing any further rules that would penalize a team for exceeding a set amount of compensation.
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