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Season one\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> League teams had until Sept. 9 to negotiate with players for season two contracts. Now, an exclusive signing period has opened for the league’s eight expansion teams.<\/p>

Expansion teams have exclusive rights over\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> League free agents starting today and continuing until Oct. 7. Any player from season one without a new contract has been piled into the free agency pool. Teams can also sign players who haven’t participated in season one\u2014which means that players scouted from\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> Contenders and\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> World Cup are up for grabs for expansion teams.<\/p>

No roster announcements for expansion teams have been revealed at the time of writing.<\/p>

Once Oct. 8 hits, the player signing period will open to all\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> League teams. Founding teams, however, are able to make trades with other\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> League teams throughout the entire signing window. Each\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> League squad must have at least eight players signed by Dec. 1. Teams will be able to sign more players, up to 12, until “a final deadline during the 2019 season” that has yet to be announced, according to<\/a>\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> League officials.<\/p>

The\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> League welcomed eight new teams to the season two lineup last week<\/a>. Areas that are now represented in the\u00a0Overwatch<\/em> League include Chinese cities Hangzhou, Chengdu, and Guangzhou, Canadian cities Toronto and Vancouver, United States cities Atlanta and Washington, D.C., and France’s capital, Paris. The global league now has 13 North American teams, five Asian teams, and two European teams.\u00a0Franchise owners reportedly spent<\/a> $30 to $60 million on the slots, according to ESPN.<\/p>

None of the new teams have revealed their branding or associated colors yet. Details are expected in the months leading into the 2019 start of the\u00a0Overwatch<\/em>\u00a0League. An exact date has not been released.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"