Echo Fox
American esports organization (2015–2019)
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Key Takeaways
- Echo Fox was an American esports organization.
- The organization had expanded into various games with teams competing in titles such as Gears of War , Call of Duty , CS:GO , Dragon Ball FighterZ , Injustice 2, Madden NFL 19 , Mortal Kombat , Super Smash Bros.
- Echo Fox had several fighting game players with championship titles and are a well known organization in the professional scene.
- According to Raizada, he and Jones "both offered up $1 million each to get the new team off the ground" while Fox "never put in any of his own money into Echo Fox.
- In 2019 Kroenke Sports and Entertainment agreed to a deal to purchase the LCS slot from Echo Fox for $30.
Echo Fox was an American esports organization. It was founded on December 18, 2015, by retired basketball player Rick Fox, who created Echo Fox after he purchased the NA LCS spot of Gravity Gaming. The organization had expanded into various games with teams competing in titles such as Gears of War, Call of Duty, CS:GO, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Injustice 2, Madden NFL 19, Mortal Kombat, Super Smash Bros., and Street Fighter V. Echo Fox had several fighting game players with championship titles and are a well known organization in the professional scene.
History
On December 18, 2015 Rick Fox and his business partners, Amit Raizada and Khalid Jones, entered the professional esports scene with their acquisition of the NA LCS spot of Gravity Gaming, creating a new team named Echo Fox. According to Raizada, he and Jones "both offered up $1 million each to get the new team off the ground" while Fox "never put in any of his own money into Echo Fox." Fox and Raizada subsequently had a falling out, in which Raizada claims Fox attempted to extort him of $5 million.
In 2019 Kroenke Sports and Entertainment agreed to a deal to purchase the LCS slot from Echo Fox for $30.25 million, however, the deal fell through due to legal issues with their partner, Sentinels.
Riot Games selected Evil Geniuses as the organization that would acquire Echo Fox's League Championship Series slot.
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