After allegations began surfacing that the nephew of Texas Renegades GM Puolivalmiste, Raakaliha has spent copious amount of team funds settling his gambling debts, the GM decided to take the responsibility for the hiring and stepped down from his position. Consequently, assistant GM RedCapeDiver also decided to do the same and after a quick search for a suitable replacement, the position has been given to freshman general manager Yagoyi, whose job will be to see the franchise through this following rough patch - trying to cope with the financial debts and also the aging team’s transition into another age of rebuild.
As a first solution to the team cutting costs in order to be able to stay above water financially, it has been decided to cut into the team’s transport budget by ending the leases on all company cars and having everyone including the players use either their own personal means or public transport for all their team-related business, like trips to and from the rink and airport. The team has also dropped their chartered jet and will look to use economy class public flights for travel in the foreseeable future. This approach has reportedly already raised discontent among the team and staff, but the management has responded to this by saying that at least they haven’t cut anyone’s salaries (yet)! Some players have already asked for a trade out of Texas as a result, like two-time Challenge. Cup champion defenseman Mikkel Asmus Sondergard, whose trade to the Los Angeles Panthers was made public just today.