According to the president of ESPN, eSports is not a sport, and there are no plans to expand the network’s coverage of events like Dota 2 The International.<\/p>\n
For those of you who are unfamiliar with ESPN, it is an American television sports network that covers your conventional sporting events – football, basketball, etc. As of August 2013, ESPN was available to just under 100 million American households, and was operating in more than 200 countries.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview<\/a>, ESPN’s president\u00a0John Skipper said whether or not eSports continues to grow in popularity, it will not be supported by the network.<\/p>\n “It’s not a sport. It’s a competition. Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I’m interested in doing real sports,” he said.<\/p>\n Before the chess and checkers players explode with rage, let’s deal with the eSports issue first briefly.<\/p>\n So, eSports is popular. But is it a sport?<\/p>\n Honestly, I don’t think it matters what you call it. As long as you enjoy doing it and is it not negatively affecting you or those around you, then go for it – sport or not.<\/p>\n The real question is – is ESPN missing out on a growing market here? Let us know what you think in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n EA beats game piracy, sort of<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 100Mbps fibre coming to SA suburbs soon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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