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T-Mobile disappears as CDL & Overwatch League sponsor amid Activision Blizzard lawsuit - Dexerto
Aug 02, 2021 56 secs

In the wake of Activision Blizzard’s ongoing discrimination lawsuit, it appears that the Call of Duty League and Overwatch League have quietly lost their formerly prominent T-Mobile partnership..

On July 22, the state of California launched a civil lawsuit against Activision Blizzard citing a variety of gendered discrimination problems and a general “frat-boy culture.” From July 29 to August 1, Activision’s CDL hosted its biggest event of 2021: the Stage 5 Major..

Upon a deeper dive, the T-Mobile logo seems to have been taped over on players’ jerseys, while the brand was removed from all broadcast segments and from the CDL’s website. Additionally, this seems to have also happened for Activision’s sister league, the OWL..

As you can see, T-Mobile has been removed in the week since Activision Blizzard was hit with the lawsuit!

And, finally, on the OWL side — the league used to have T-Mobile branding in their “Overwatch League Perks” program (as seen in a May 2021 tweet), but that seems to have changed in early August

— Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) May 24, 2021

— Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) August 2, 2021

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