The PEA deal probably took place before sean even joined tsm.

There is definitely something in players contract that could allow TSM to enforce their deal with PEA. If there wasnt then they would be able disregard the exclusivity of playing in PEA only and continue playing in EPL/other leagues. So essentially it would be ok for TSM to not talk to the players with this deal because its most likely is able to be enforce by details inside the players contract... so it would be unnecessary to talk to the players since this is a business deal and the players probably own zero stake in the business so it is overall unnecessary for them to discuss it with the players because the organization feels it for the better both for TSM and the players. (assuming thats how an organization would look at it).

The players are signed to play professional CS and represent the organzation. The business dealings within TSM doesn't really concern them.

If a corporation has all 40 hour a week employees and tomorrow they decide to reduce everyones hours to 38 because they can not afford 40 hours a week per employee anymore due to whatever statistical analysis they did, they dont need to talk to the employees first, they just implement it. The employees are essentially still full-time employees.. just not working a full 40 hours. The employees are there to represent the organization/business and do the job they were assigned/hired to do. They are not part of management or the people who hold stake in the business.

THIS IS PERFECTLY NORMAL AND RELEVANT WITH SHAREHOLDER THEORY.

So yes, its perfectly normal for people to think that. Maybe players should hire trained professionals to read and explain their contracts for them.