{"id":5217,"date":"2025-07-18T12:19:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/nl\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:04:49","slug":"league-of-legends-community-verdeeld-over-sportswashing-en-ewc-in-saudi-arabie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/nl\/2025\/07\/18\/league-of-legends-community-verdeeld-over-sportswashing-en-ewc-in-saudi-arabie","title":{"rendered":"League of Legends community verdeeld over sportswashing en EWC in Saudi-Arabi\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a76601629400\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>De Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 in Saudi-Arabi\u00eb heeft opnieuw een discussie losgemaakt binnen de League of Legends community. Terwijl het evenement door velen wordt gezien als een historisch groots esports festival, is het ook onderwerp van zware kritiek vanwege de rol van Saudi-Arabi\u00eb als organisator. Vooral de financiering door het Public Investment Fund (PIF) zorgt voor verdeeldheid. Critici noemen het zelfs een voorbeeld van sportswashing.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-6a76601629f2d\">\n  <div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Verder lezen<\/span><\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-5208\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/nl\/2025\/07\/17\/msi-2025-was-precies-wat-league-of-legends-esports-nodig-had\">MSI 2025 was precies wat League of Legends esports nodig had<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-5173\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/nl\/2025\/07\/15\/esports-world-cup-bewijst-succesformule-met-150-miljoen-uren-kijktijd\">Esports World Cup bewijst succesformule met +150 miljoen uren kijktijd<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-4955\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/nl\/2025\/07\/10\/alles-wat-je-moet-weten-over-de-esports-world-cup-club-championship-2025\">Alles wat je moet weten over de Esports World Cup Club Championship 2025<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6a7660162c404\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prominente streamers en kritiek<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a7660162c4e3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>De controversie kwam extra in de schijnwerpers te staan toen de bekende League streamer <strong>Christian &#8220;IWDominate&#8221; Rivera <\/strong>openlijk weigerde om het toernooi te co-streamen. Hij verklaarde op X dat hij ondanks een &#8220;ongelooflijk hoog&#8221; aanbod aan geld niet wilde bijdragen aan het event.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will not be costreaming EWC.  I was offered an ungodly amount of money (more than 3x what I make in a month on stream) for 5 days but I didn\u2019t feel good about taking the offer.<br><br>I understand that I\u2019m in a financially privileged position and not everyone can decline the\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Christian Rivera (@IWDominate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IWDominate\/status\/1944490351584071887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a7660162c5ec\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Tegelijkertijd besloot <strong>Marc &#8220;Caedrel&#8221; Lamont<\/strong> (een van de grootste LoL streamers) wel te streamen. Na het positieve einde van <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/nl\/2025\/07\/17\/msi-2025-was-precies-wat-league-of-legends-esports-nodig-had\">MSI 2025 met geweldige kijkcijfers<\/a>, hintte hij al naar zijn terugkeer bij de start van de EWC. Zijn beslissing leidde tot een verdeeldheid in zijn fanbase. Vooral op Reddit ontstonden felle discussies over de ethiek achter door de Saudische overheid gefinancierde evenementen.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a7660162c6ae\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Riot Games, de ontwikkelaar van League of Legends, faciliteerde een pauze in het reguliere competitieschema om deelname aan de EWC mogelijk te maken voor diverse teams. Deze beslissing ontving kritiek, aangezien Riot eerder al onder vuur lag vanwege een poging om een sponsordeal met het Saudische project Neom door te voeren. Deze deal werd na grote publieke druk afgebroken. Nu lijkt Riot opnieuw gevoelige grenzen op te zoeken door de banden met de EWC te versterken.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6a7660162c790\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sportswashing<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a7660162c854\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>De <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.nl\/wat-we-doen\/themas\/sport-en-mensenrechten\/saudi-arabie-en-sportswashing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kritiek op Saudi-Arabi\u00eb<\/a> is niet nieuw. Onder Vision 2030 investeert het land miljarden in sport, van voetbal en boksen tot Formule 1 en nu ook esports. Volgens Amnesty International is dit onderdeel van een bewust beleid om het internationale imago van Saudi-Arabi\u00eb te verbeteren en af te leiden van mensenrechtenschendingen. Voornamelijk de onderdrukking van vrouwen en de moord op journalist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a7660162c921\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Ondanks de ophef groeit de populariteit van esports betting. Vooral nu neemt de interesse in wedden op de Esports World Cup toe. Analisten zien een sterke correlatie tussen grote internationale evenementen en de stijgende activiteit op gok platforms die gespecialiseerd zijn in esports. Toch blijft dit alsmaar meer vragen oproepen over de ethiek van gokken rondom esports, helemaal nu <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/nl\/2025\/06\/27\/goksponsors-nu-toegestaan-voor-lol-en-valorant-esport-teams-na-wijziging-beleid\">goksponsors zijn toegestaan voor zowel League of Legends als Valorant teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6a7660162ca01\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethisch probleem<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a7660162cac1\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>De EWC in Saudi-Arabi\u00eb legt een fundamenteel probleem bloot binnen de internationale esports community. Waar trek je de grens tussen entertainment en ethiek?<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a7660162cb7c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Voor sommigen is een deelname aan het toernooi slechts een sportieve keuze, voor anderen betekent het meewerken aan een PR-campagne van een slecht regime. De verdeeldheid binnen de League community benadrukt hoe groot die discussie is geworden. Helemaal nu prominente streamers er zelfs voor moeten kiezen of ze wel of niet het evenement willen co-streamen.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 in Saudi-Arabi\u00eb heeft opnieuw een discussie losgemaakt binnen de League of Legends community. Terwijl het evenement door velen wordt gezien als een historisch groots esports festival, is het ook onderwerp van zware kritiek vanwege de rol van Saudi-Arabi\u00eb als organisator. 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