Justice Department Investigating Overwatch League
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The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into the Overwatch League’s soft salary cap policy that punishes teams who pay players too much, according to a new report by
Dot Esports.
The investigation is being headed up by the Civil Conduct Task Force, part of the department’s antitrust division. According to
Dot Esports, regulators are looking into whether the Overwatch League’s secret soft cap on salaries violates the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act because the players aren’t unionized. While the investigation isn’t criminal,
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