Professional eSports Association

Professional eSports Association
Sport eSports: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Founded 2017
Commissioner Jason Katz
No. of teams 8
Countries North America

Professional eSports Association (PEA) is an upcoming professional video gaming and eSports league set to launch in 2017. Its founding members include eSports teams Team Solomid, Cloud9, Team Liquid, Counter Logic Gaming, Immortals, NRG eSports, and compLexity Gaming.[1] The PEA will have a minimum $1 million prize pool for its first year, with the first confirmed competition being a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league beginning in January 2017. The organization was created with the aim of having a "stable, healthy, long-term environment for the players."[2] The league plans to institute a new profit sharing system not seen in the current eSports environment.[3] The PEA is owned and run by its teams, unlike other eSports leagues.[4] The league's commissioner is Jason Katz.

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