Game Theory: Why ESPN is WRONG about eSports

48 Comments

1. I m all for Esports but MOBAs are boring AF

2. Gamers are an oppressed minority

3. ESPN made fun of wrestling a decade or so ago, too. They feature it heavily now.

4. I can’t decide if gaming is a sport, but I have way more respect for real athletes then guys who sit on their asses all day in front of a computer

5. DUDE THE PC COMMUNITY IS THRIVING RN

6. 10:00 you forgot the special team

7. Faker senpai

8. (Years about ESPN's thoughts)
   " Excuse me, what? "

9. "It's not a sport, it's a competition"… Well there you have the very definition of what a sport is, a competition.

10. That's a goaltending by buggsy mogues

11. ABC wasn't the only place you can watch the NBA finals

12. Screw ESPN! I'm fine with E-Sports on twitch/youtube/mixer!

13. Ha, the profile pic was the Martian flag

14. I love gaming and I love playing video games but I still think eSports it’s not a real sport and gaming as a sport is stupid. I’m also not one of those people that has never played video games, I’ve grown up with them and I play games everyday but I still just don’t get the appeal of eSports.

15. Either version of football? There's like 20 different types of football.

16. Real sports are outdared now

17. This one finally made it into my sub box.

18. I honestly don’t care about sports but I live in the south where everyone fvcking praises sports so

19. That's why Smite is the best moba to play!

20. Nope no one buys a giant desktop, with how things are right now the biggest you'll see will be mid towers full and extra big towers are dead af

21. that feel when smite is an irrelevant MOBA now and no one plays it

22. Dont even associate us with those football scrubs

23. Nastalgia!!!!!!

24. The biggest gambling company here in Serbia started holding bets on esports
    One of the biggest phone/IS providers started giving out league of legends riot points with their services

25. I’m a gamer but I wouldn’t say not all games are sports shooters and other multiplayer type games are but RPGs not really

26. Lol ? this is ridiculous! Haha

27. Take a Breath – this guy talks so fast – anyway, numbers don't matter? when defining if it is a sport, and it may well be, but don't use nba #'s, if you want to compare, and besides, you only use 1 game, not all 7 games of a series, and that's just one sport – say use superbowl – over 100 million, yet you are right about things like poker, no it's not a sport either – i would say it's how you want to define it – so you could argue forever – hey if you like it, go ahead and enjoy, you won't find me there, i am going with the 'sports' where the participant, the athlete, is the best of the best, AND actually DO the action – unlike esports where you just push buttons and yes i laughed at the " oh i broke my thumb" comment, but go ahead and put it on ESPN, it may get viewers, but it will still be in the category with things like poker…

28. Is lacrosse including

29. He say "Smite" i hit like… Love u <3

30. 16:55 did he really just say that

31. Music from the guardian legend? Nice one!

32. i only watch swimming

33. lol Smite!!!! well you were wrong on this one

34. Nope, don't watch sports.

35. Which one is harder. Running from 50 guys all trying to tackle you or sit on a chair all a day.
    Also if you break a leg how is that going to Chang you from sitting in a chair.
    I still like video games I'm just saying

36. 16:54 yes for the best gaming experience

37. 12:00 ……. an office worker gets the same injuries including neck injuries and their back…… sooooooooo yeah not a good point or argument

38. 11:44…….. no matpat no. Sitting in front of a computer for 8-12 hours a Day is not good physical form……. typing and fast reflexes-.- come on now.

39. I definitely agree on all the matters around "eSports should be considered a real sport", and I know I wil be hyped to see the eSports scene get larger and larger and evetually sit as a topic next to traditional sports. But I sometimes wonder, why do we need ppl to consider it a real sport? Why does it even matter if it's being broadcasted on our traditional sport platforms or not? What's wrong if we just look at eSports as eSports, sports as sports, pro gamers as pro gamers, and atheletes as atheletes? I mean, its only a matter of time before this whole genre of "eSports" become as well known as sports, and we also have our own platforms to watch them, why do we need to combine sports and eSports together? Why can't be eSports just be its own independent genre and have a unique "eSports Olympic"?

40. This video is so depressing…

41. And then, Overwatch came.

42. OWL BIATCH

43. Just because something is difficult doesn't make it a sport. It's hard to be a doctor but obviously it's not a sport.

44. Y’all dumb as hell
    “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.”
    Sure, esports has competition and skill, but there no physical exertion at all. Sure, you can be tired after staring at a computer for 10 hours, but I can guarantee you’re not more tired than me after an 80 minute rugby match.
    Poker and chess ain’t sports either

45. No

46. Should be called eNoLife

47. no

48. Really, video games AREN'T sports