Siempre que aparece un gran inversor en este e-sport salen muchas preguntas sobre la rentabilidad de estas inversiones monumentales de dinero, pues bien, se ha filtrado un informe financiero donde dice que la división de e-sports del club turco, que recordemos, ha quedado último en la TCS, ha generado un total de 179.361,50€ de beneficio.
Galatasaray FC, one of the biggest sports clubs in Turkey, made a profit of 700,000 TRY (200,000 USD) from its League of Legends organization, despite the team couldn’t stay in the league.
Investments towards esports from traditional sports clubs saw a giant leap this split with entries from both Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, the biggest rivals in Turkish sports. Although the hype was over the rails, Galatasaray couldn’t adapt the dynamics of this developing scene with its inexperienced roster and finished the league at the bottom. It is still unknown whether the club will continue to compete in the TCS next split, but according to the financial report that leaked yesterday, they are definitely in the plus.
Obtained by Hürriyet, the report shows the financial performance of amateur branches and it looks like the club has made a great profit from esports, without spending any money. It is still not known in detail how the club was involved in the management of esports branch, but according to these numbers, Galatasaray FC might be the one who got the biggest slice of the sponsorship deals and didn’t count the expenses.
