He described how at the start, the club did not invest as much into esports as he would’ve hoped, and the entire project was slow to develop in the initial stages.
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The beginnings of Schalke 04 Esports were, as Reichert put it, very rough, even for a person who actually played professional football in his life. The time at Schalke was an interesting one for Reichert, and the German team’s ex-Head of Esports noted that he did not anticipate being in the club for such a long time, especially during the first two years. When the football club faced financial difficulties and was relegated to the second tier of the German Bundesliga in 2021, the decision was made to sell its LEC slot to Team BDS for €26.5 million (~£22.1m). Reichert started his career at Schalke in 2015, and has been instrumental in the growth of its esports section. The second elephant in the room is, of course, Schalke 04. Image credit: Michal Konkol/Riot Games Doing a lot with little For him, EXCEL is the best place to be able to do that right now - although there is still a lot of work to be done. “I want to be in a business where your work is visible and you can be effective”, he explained. Reichert added that he saw a lot of progress in EXCEL and a lot of potential. “I looked at different options and EXCEL had, actually, a really nice package.”
“I did like what I did at Schalke and there were plenty of different opportunities out there, but for me, I came to the conclusion that working on an organisation, working with teams and players, working with the content department was something that I still wanted to continue,” he said. However, to address the elephant in the room first: why did Tim Reichert start working for EXCEL?
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Most recently, he’s been putting those skills to work as the new Head of Esports for British esports organisation EXCEL Esports.Įsports Insider sat down with Reichert late last year to discuss the ins and outs of his new position, plans for the future, and his overall vision as the leader of an organisation that is, by many accounts, still waiting to realise its full potential.ĮXCEL was probably not a company you’d immediately guess Reichert would go to after a successful period at Schalke, but Reichert is sure he made the right decision and feels very good about his future. One of the founders of SK Gaming, former Head of Esports at Schalke 04 Esports, and a client manager for Media Com Germany, Reichert is a man of many talents. Tim Reichert’s name might not be all that familiar to most esports fans in Europe, but his work and legacy certainly are.
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