h0b5t3rWill ETF2L follow the lead of UEFA and IIHF?
"I think I don't need to explain that situation in Eastern Europe is currently very tense and we are all worried about the events in Ukraine and we hope all our players, their families and everyone else are safe and sound. We can only hope this conflict gets resolved soon and with as little impact to people possible.
In light of recent events the question has been raised whether we are going to disallow players from Russia and Belarus from participating in our competitions. Our current decision is that there will be no ban on players from the aforementioned countries. This decision is mainly motivated by the fact that ETF2L has been and always will be a place away from politics where players can just come and play TF2. We don't believe that a player should be banned from playing just because he was born in a certain country. Now let it be very clear that any hate bearing/offensive/provoking discussions or conversation (from both sides) will be strictly prohibited and punished as necessary, the whole staff will be extra vigilant in this matter. Understandably everyone has an opinion about the current situation and while we're all quite nervous about the situation it is important we remain respectful towards one another."
Staff posted this in the discord