T-Mobile disappears as CDL & Overwatch League sponsor amid Activision Blizzard lawsuit - Dexerto
It seems that T-Mobile's partnership with the Call of Duty and Overwatch Leagues has disappeared during Activision Blizzard's lawsuit.
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Fuck yeah. Hit em in their wallet.
The above screenshots show 1) the CDL website on July 21 and 2) the CDL website as of July 31. As you can see, T-Mobile has been removed in the week since Activision Blizzard was hit with the lawsuit. This also applies to the "Partners" page on the OWL website, which has been similarly tweaked.
Another visible change was that players had T-Mobile logos taped over during the Major V broadcast. As can be seen in pictures, the Subliners seem to have quickly taped over the part of their jerseys that used to show T-Mobile's branding.
While some may have noticed players with taped-over jerseys on broadcast, there are two other clear signs of the partnership distancing. One such example is the CDL's weekly T-Mobile sweepstake, whose FAQ indicates that the final period has been "canceled" and that "the sweepstakes has ended."
And, finally, on the OWL side — the league used to have T-Mobile branding in their "Overwatch League Perks" program (as seen in a May 2021 tweet), but that seems to have changed in early August.
In terms of timing, the simplest assumption would be T-Mobile distancing from the lawsuit. Whether that is the case or not remains to be known, as neither Activision nor T-Mobile have discussed the split publicly.
Dexerto has reached out to both Activision and T-Mobile PR for comment and will update this piece if we receive a response.
