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The rumored rebranding of the Call of Duty <\/em>League’s Chicago Huntsmen could be coming as soon as today, according to a report<\/a> by The Esports Observer’s Kevin Hitt.<\/p>

Hitt reports that the team is scheduled to announce its rebrand to the Chicago OpTic today after NRG’s Hector Rodriguez reacquired<\/a> the OpTic brand that he made famous.<\/p>

OpTic spent the first year in the CDL as OpTic Gaming Los Angeles. But that team slot was sold to 100 Thieves this offseason to create the Los Angeles Thieves<\/a>.<\/p>

With Rodriguez and NRG now in Chicago with the Huntsmen, he’s been able to bring the Green Wall back alongside longtime OpTic legends Scump and FormaL.<\/p>

The Huntsmen came in third place in the inaugural season of the CDL, finishing with a regular season record of 21-9 and securing $600,000 from CoD<\/em> Champs 2020 in August.<\/p>

With Rodriguez as the helm, OpTic Gaming was by far the most popular and marketable brand in all of Call of Duty<\/em> esports.<\/p>

Update Nov. 11<\/strong><\/strong> 11:33am CT:<\/strong> Rodriguez has officially reacquired OpTic<\/a> and the Huntsmen has been rebranded to OpTic Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"