Ventus® LoL team banned for 12 weeks by DGC

According to TELKOM GAMING, "The Tribunal Officer recommended that the  Ventus® team be banned for 12 weeks based on the current DGC rule-set. In addition, the Tribunal Officer recommended that Ventus® lose its seeded position, forcing Ventus® to re-enter the DGL from the lowest division once the ban period has expired. Furthermore Ventus® has been disqualified from the DGC and both the team’s prizes and second place finish have been revoked."

Of course there has been an outcry by many gamers  and blogs  that the penalty was not stiff enough. On the MWEB GAMEZONE page, it is even suggested by a couple of commentators that the act was illegal.

If it was indeed illegal, then anyone who was compromised by the act may actually lay a criminal charge.

However, how would Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) have dealt with the same issue should it had occurred in a MSSA event?

From my reading of the rules, the MSSA would  have done  the following:

• The team would have immediately have been disqualified and would have forfeited all awards, and

• If the players had Provincial Colours or higher, such players would be banned from participating in the next three MSSA events, and 

• If the players had Provincial Colours or higher, such players would be banned from selection for the next national team, and 

• If the players did not have Provincial Colours or higher, such players would be banned from participating in the next MSSA events, and 

• If the players had Provincial Colours or higher, such players would be banned from selection for the next national team, and

• All players would be brought before a disciplinary hearing, which would be called in terms of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000, The penalties could range from a three month ban to a life-time ban depending on the involvement of all  the team members and even of the club  officials and the club itself.

This is how seriously the MSSA would have treated any such infraction.