You think any teenager can beat lebron? or teenage lebron can beat current lebron? American football, teenagers would get murdered.
Rugby.
You've gotta be desperate to wanna watch anything like this but competing in it is probably a different story. Call me old fashioned but I certainly don't see video games as a sport, I see it as recreation or a pastime.
I can say the same about other actual physical sports that are in the Olympics, simply ''desperate'' to watch, but to each their own. Younger generations love it, older hate it, it's like music, movies and pretty much anything that older folks tend to find was better back in the day compared to know. You have simply been outgrown.
This is a new era, deal with it as it is here to stay and over time it will be accepted by more higher percentage of the Worlds population.
If someone finds a value in it, it gets adopted faster. See this new era of crypto-currency. Another example is Marijuana (I know, far out of topic example), the older folks in Governments tend to be more against the legalization, however as you get more younger individuals entering the Government with more "open" mindset, you will see the legalization.
"If Golf/dart can be classified as an athletic activity, then playing PC can too. It's competitive, no doubt about that, and it requires skills. While it may not require the stamina of running a marathon, it requires at least as much concentration, and probably a lot more. I would call it an intellectual sport."
There is a market for it and its generating revenue. It's being widely accepted by more and more people and it's here to stay.
Lets turn typing into the next sport and enter the contestants in the Olympics! Or should it remain categorized as a resume quality or professional asset? Your local zoo deserves 10Mil, more than some lazy gamer.
If there is a market for it then why not? There is a huge difference between typing and gaming, if you can't see that then you are blind. Your local zoo deserves more than average professional football (soccer) player. There are plenty of examples of what causes "deserve" more money than what certain individuals make. The money was raised by the players (see Dota 2 compendium).
You think any teenager can beat lebron? or teenage lebron can beat current lebron? American football, teenagers would get murdered.
You think any high schooler can beat a college student? Experience is a key (of course there is some examples). Comparing a youngster who is working to become a professional basketball player to a fully fledged basketball player is simply moronic.
In terms of football. Well hmm, let see. Comparing someone who has fully developed body to someone who is still in natural development state. Good job!
Competitive SC2/LoL/Dota takes much more intellectual power than
most if not
all traditional physical sports.
Also a lot of young adults are in the Olympics.
It's not at all like golf. Golf meets the fundamental qualifier of sport (coordinated use of the entire human physiology); eSports does not.
Exercise is advised if you don't want to get hemorrhoids or blood clots, but I suppose not a requirement to achieve the top in gaming or to stay competitive. It's also marketed as "electronic sport" rather than just "sport". A new venue. There are new job titles, sports and so forth being created all the time. It's called "evolution".
