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Captain's Corner

Build your team.
Commit to the season.
Earn your place.

Captains operate as team owners within PTL. They are responsible for building, managing, and leading a competitive franchise through a structured Founding Season system.

Captain Focus

Ownership

Captain Focus

Evaluation

Captain Focus

Commitment

The Team Owner Role

Team owners are accountable for readiness before PTL entry begins.

Captain responsibilities are governed by PTL Rulebook.

Build and manage the roster

Ensure team readiness for evaluation weekends

Maintain competitive participation across the season

Coordinate weekly match availability

Operate the team within PTL structure

PTL Team Owners

Team ownership is an operating role inside a competitive system.

PTL captains function as team owners within a structured competitive system.

Captains are designated as team owners within PTL

They are responsible for roster construction and season participation

Teams are not finalized until after evaluation weekends

Ownership is operational responsibility, not casual participation

How Entry Works in Founding Season

Entry is structured, time-bound, and evaluation-based.

Teams are not finalized until after Evaluation Weekends are completed.

Step 01

Apply (June 1 - July 10)

Step 02

Vetting (July 12 - 16)

Step 03

Captain Selection (July 17)

Step 04

Evaluation Weekends (Aug 1 - 9)

Step 05

Division Assignment (Aug 10 - 13)

Step 06

Season Begins (Aug 24 - 30)

Founding Season Commitment

Entry requires commitment before participation begins.

Captains are committing to a full structured season

Entry requires participation in evaluation weekends

Division placement is determined after evaluation performance

Season schedule is fixed once released

Team Owner Entry

Apply for team ownership, enter the evaluation-based system, and be assigned through competitive evaluation.