apologies in advance for shitty thread but your help is appreciated

Im considering staking a good friend to play either 100 or 200nl. he went 'pro' (read dropout of uni) on a $5k BR, since then he has had to drop down due to living expenses, bad run of cards, by quite a bit. Hes interested in a staking deal, where i fund him for the 200nl (or i prefer 100nl) he was at before he went pro for 50% of profits. my main question is...

in your opinion has mid stakes FR got significantly harder in the recent months? Noticeable different?

My mian concern is every1 at those stakes is: good ldo, but mainly takes the game fucking sersoiuly and does a shit load of studying (ie. the games are a lot tougher than he / me gives them credit for)/

fwiw, i honestly believe he was at least profitable at 200nl 5 months ago

k that was typed out drunk (deal was considered sober ldo), any other info missed out will happily be provided