Echo Fox is allowing its 'CS:GO' players to seek other teams

Echo Fox's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster is being allowed to seek other teams, the organization said in a statement Wednesday.

First and foremost, Echo Fox remains committed to its players’ futures -- supporting opportunity both inside our organization as well as outside the org. It is in that spirit in which we have recently granted the option for members of our CS:GO team to explore other organizational options if they desire, as Echo Fox continues to make important environmental and structural changes that keep building towards a world-class winning CS:GO team in 2017.  

The current roster — Sean "Sgares" Gares, Ronnie "Ryx" Bylicki, Daniel "Roca" Gustaferri, Shazeb "Shazam" Khan and Ryan "Freakazoid" Abadir — has been given the chance to look for other opportunities in Counter-Strike while Echo Fox does some restructuring in the next year.

The U.S organization, which was founded by former NBA champion Rick Fox late last year, hasn't seen much success in Counter-Strike since forming that team in February this year. The squad has qualified for big tournaments over the past eight months but has rarely placed above fifth, usually placing lower than eighth.

Before the announcement about the CS:GO roster, Ryx tweet that it has been a disappointing year after their loss to TyLoo at iBuypower Masters 2016, the qualifier for Intel Extreme Masters Oakland tournament.

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Echo Fox's statement has made it clear that it wants to continue with CS:GO in the future, but it needs to do some restructuring to continue. Echo Fox will likely take a hiatus from CS:GO while it figures out what needs to change.

Echo Fox's first step into esports was purchasing League of Legends team Gravity Gaming in December 2015. Since then, the organization has grown to include teams and players in CS:GO, Call of Duty, Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter V and H1Z1.