striderthe lack of transparency in rgl's financials as well as a lack of accountability among its leadership is pretty concerning. where is the prize money? who handles and has access to it? also at a higher level, how is the money being spent regarding operational costs/reinvestment into the league itself, and who gets to decide how much to spend and what to spend it on? the community deserves some answers from the league
Sigafoo handles everything with prize money. We collect paypals, and he sends out payouts. Dave2 already linked the post detailing everything in regards to how much is collected, and where it all goes. The decisions are largely made by the HAs and Sigafoo himself, but as you can see only $300 goes towards site costs and less than $200 goes towards newbie mixes. The other part that doesn't get returned directly to the players via payouts goes to paypal's transactional fees. I really recommend reading the article if you haven't already, as it is incredibly thorough as to where the money goes.
Charis messaged me a few times regarding payouts, and if I recall correctly (I don't have the dms so I might be misremembering), but part of the reason there was a delay with your team was because we were having issues with the original paypal account your team provided. When we did get a paypal, I forwarded it to exa/sigafoo, however by then we were reramping the payout system.
I do agree transparency hasn't been the strongest with this particular instance, however I do think overall finances are rather transparent. We can likely try to release more indepth financial reports for the next few seasons, however those do take time to write up.
As for accountability among leadership, any more specifics/insight you could provide would be much appreciated. We're not perfect, and working as a group of volunteers often does mean things slip through the cracks, however we know this and are always looking to improve.