This article was originally published on GameSpot's sister site onGamers.com, which was dedicated to esports coverage.

　　Esports manager at Riot Games, Nick Allen, announced on twitter that all contract end dates can be found on the player's lolesports page. Allen explained the reason for public contract end dates, stating, "Teams need to know if players are approachable free agents or if they're contracted and off limits."

　　This announcement comes after TSM mid laner, Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg, was fined $ 2000 USD for player poaching in January. This addition seems to be put in place from preventing situations like this.

　　Many contract dates end just after when the Season 4 World Championship is set to take place, from September 19th until October 19th.

　　XDG owner, Marshall Alexander, told onGamers, "Without a place that shows when contracts end and other pertinent details it is too easy for a player to be alerted by an interested party. If they are considering a trade by the LCS rules, anyone interested in a player has to go to the management of that player's team and not to the player. Any other communication from an outside team to a player about contracts, availability, etc. is considered a form of poaching."

　　Alexander went on to say, "This definitely happened more than it should have last year and the defense at times was that the interested party didn't know any of the details at all. Having the information standardized and published centrally removes that risk to a great degree."