Games as sports otherwise known as eSports has always been a fascination to me. I've personally been a veteran fan of the Counter Strike Global Offensive team Cloud 9 ever since the organisation set up the team back in 2014. Personally I believe video games to be a sport or even a job due to the amount of hours being put into such intense games. Most sports enthusiasts including people like Shaq, Rodger Saffold and many more are invested in these teams now because of the growing audience and increase in money per tournament. This is something the media is now getting a hold of due to the respective prize pools and the ratings being pulled. Although some games don't receive as much feedback as most League Of Legends is one to compare this too, racking in more views that the NBA with a whopping 27 million.
I don't think there's much point in rambling on about something I'm very biased about. Proving that these games are sports is easy, stubborn narrow minded people are the ones we've got to try and convince due to their ways. If they wont listen or believe the facts then they're a lost cause. Especially seeing as athletes are now investing in these teams as a whole.
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