{"data":{"proposalCid":"QmZpv7rkJbqWJG7UU7UWwPpfiEEV3sAMLR8TKww5QbypFz","content":"There's a few issues I see with this proposal:\n\n1. The Treasury is bearing all of the execution risk in this proposal, because the payment is upfront and quite large. The ideas here and ability to execute on them are unproven, and while they could potentially be good, the execution should be proven out in successive stages - e.g. similar to how a business goes from idea stage to product-market fit to growth. \n2. There needs to be skin in the game for all participants, for a venture like this. Success here requires product-market fit for the product that's being developed, in order to avoid a \"build it and they will come\" mentality. That has more aspects of a business than a common good venture, so I wonder if a business is a better structure here. Skin in the game for the execution team might be sweat equity where they demonstrate initial traction / proof points, and skin in the game for the esports organizations could be co-investment, which would indicate they strongly believe the idea will have a return for them. The ideal might be that the product(s) proposed here are good enough that the esports organizations adopt them without needing to pay an IP fee, and they contibute their own IP because it serves their own self interest.\n3. The incentives are not aligned regarding the incentive payments. If there are commissions or rewards, they should be paid based on success and impact generated from the proposal. Upfront commissions may make sense to bring established businesses (e.g. already with blockchain users or transactions) to Polkadot, but large upfront commisions for idea stage proposals seem to be just rewarding the ability for someone to imagine and write a large proposal, without checks on execution. \n4. Given the size of the ask, there is naturally an opportunity cost to consider. In the same conversation, we should consider focusing direct funds on developers and builders (e.g. rather than \"IP\" or retail). Hopefully this kickstarts the conversation around that.","contentType":"markdown","commenterNetwork":"polkadot","version":"2","timestamp":1745202653},"address":"1ZSPR3zNg5Po3obkhXTPR95DepNBzBZ3CyomHXGHK9Uvx6w","signature":"0x003b63d9afe3332f883ca68f4d84aa3aaab61f184b56dc01ef47ee916359f416ccd87a5491233cf44e33ba2a9a7833ca8aed13708e1acf48dd9d82fab7f52480","version":"2"}