Boston Uprising and London Spitfire in Contract Dispute over Contenders Player

It seems the rivalry between the organizations in the Overwatch League isn’t just limited to their matches in the arena, with a dispute arising between the London Spitfire and the Boston Uprising over the contract of a Contenders player. Daniel “FunnyAstro” Hathaway was to be transferred from the London Spitfire’s Academy team, the British Hurricane, to the Boston Uprising, however the contract has now been nullified.

According to Dot Esports, the London Spitfire initiated a transfer of British Hurricane players FunnyAstro and Cameron “Fusions” Bosworth to the Boston Uprising back in October. FunnyAstro was to be contracted as a full-time member of the Boston Uprising, while Fusions was to be a two-way player between Boston’s Overwatch League team and Academy team, the Uprising Academy. While Boston did confirm the news that Fusions would be joining as a two-way player in November, earlier this week FunnyAstro announced that he would be taking some time away from professional Overwatch and focusing on streaming.

I'm going to be moving into full time streaming for the foreseeable future-

Time to take some time away from playing professionally, so expect my stream to become slightly less scuffed. Thank you guys so much for all the support, I'm excited to start streaming a lot more! ?

— FunnyAstro (@FunnyAstro) December 4, 2018

Not long after the tweet from FunnyAstro, Boston Uprising president of gaming Chris Loranger tweeted about not signing the player. “I know everyone thought we picked up funnyastro but lmao,” to which London Spitfire Jack Etienne replied, “Yikes”.

Yikes.

— Jack Etienne (@JackEtienne) December 5, 2018

Sources revealed to Dot Esports that while the transfer documents and contracts were signed between London, Boston, and FunnyAstro, the contract has since been terminated due to a possible suspension involving a past history of “boosting”. According to their source, the dispute has now entered the realm of legal action. We’ll update this story with more information as it comes.