official reply to this thread from Label headquarters...
"Hello cyberspace. Speculation and rumor can collide to create outlandish statements- one such example is that Black Label kicked off the whole team sans Chet Childress and Ethan Fitzpatrick. Couldn't be further from the truth. Last week somebody hacked into the Label site, changed the admin codes, deleted team riders and fucked the site up. Awesome. It took a few days to fix. But, the team is still the same and the Label site is back to normal. We at Label appreciate all the love and positive comments in this thread. God save us."
so there's that.