eSports in High Schools
Millions of people play video games around the world, and there are teams that play these games and are under the umbrella of eSports. eSports and competitive gaming in general is growing with the population as a whole partially in kids aged 14 and up, that’s also the age most kids go into high school. Therefore should eSports be considered a varsity sport in high schools, and have the opportunity to get a scholarship to college with that skill?
The realm of eSports is a growing community since back in 1980 with the space invaders tournament held by Atari with 10 thousand participants(ADANAI). This was the launch pad for the now rapidly growing eSports community. eSports is defined as “a form of competition that is …show more content…
Like all big time sports it takes time and skill to become good at these games and, have the skill to compete on a world level. That’s all good and great, but what about high schools? According to CBSnews.com “Only about 2 percent of high school athletes win sports scholarships every year at NCAA colleges and universities. Yes, the odds are that dismal. For those who do snag one, the average scholarship is less than $11,000.” That’s for people who also train for about 40 hours a week in high school athletics. Those numbers are for high school athletes who have good grades and want to try to get a scholarship for college athletics. eSports takes not only skill, but also good school work too, to be able to get a scholarship to a college for eSports. The implementation of eSports into the school as a sport has its sceptics for example, one might say “adding these teams has the potential to decrease in academic skill in the players ” This example could happen because of the students focusing more on the games than their education. With the help of organizations like High School Starleague this would not happen because they have a plan for students to play eSports and not decrease in academic work with a balanced schedule. Another company …show more content…
According to eSportsearnings.com the player Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora has made $2,635,045,24 from 57 tournaments in his time as a eSports gamer(E-Sports Earnings). That 's a lot of money for just playing video games for people 's entertainment and that 's a very big point against eSports in general. The majority of people who are against eSports complain about how much playing a video game earns them, and that it takes no skill to sit in front of a screen and press buttons. That 's not at all the case, according to Business Insider. They did a study and found that professional gamers can train all day in some cases with an average of about 12-14 hours a day. That 's almost double the time a professional athlete trains or a professional dancer/ballet dancer would train on a daily basis. But still athletes do make a ton more money than most eSports players. The Huffington Post states that NBA players make about 5.5 million dollars a year for playing in the NBA. Therefore there is still a lot of room to grow with eSports as a long term job goal. Players of esports get about the same amount of publicity which then increase their exposure, thus increasing their potential to be
Millions of people play video games around the world, and there are teams that play these games and are under the umbrella of eSports. eSports and competitive gaming in general is growing with the population as a whole partially in kids aged 14 and up, that’s also the age most kids go into high school. Therefore should eSports be considered a varsity sport in high schools, and have the opportunity to get a scholarship to college with that skill?
The realm of eSports is a growing community since back in 1980 with the space invaders tournament held by Atari with 10 thousand participants(ADANAI). This was the launch pad for the now rapidly growing eSports community. eSports is defined as “a form of competition that is …show more content…
Like all big time sports it takes time and skill to become good at these games and, have the skill to compete on a world level. That’s all good and great, but what about high schools? According to CBSnews.com “Only about 2 percent of high school athletes win sports scholarships every year at NCAA colleges and universities. Yes, the odds are that dismal. For those who do snag one, the average scholarship is less than $11,000.” That’s for people who also train for about 40 hours a week in high school athletics. Those numbers are for high school athletes who have good grades and want to try to get a scholarship for college athletics. eSports takes not only skill, but also good school work too, to be able to get a scholarship to a college for eSports. The implementation of eSports into the school as a sport has its sceptics for example, one might say “adding these teams has the potential to decrease in academic skill in the players ” This example could happen because of the students focusing more on the games than their education. With the help of organizations like High School Starleague this would not happen because they have a plan for students to play eSports and not decrease in academic work with a balanced schedule. Another company …show more content…
According to eSportsearnings.com the player Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora has made $2,635,045,24 from 57 tournaments in his time as a eSports gamer(E-Sports Earnings). That 's a lot of money for just playing video games for people 's entertainment and that 's a very big point against eSports in general. The majority of people who are against eSports complain about how much playing a video game earns them, and that it takes no skill to sit in front of a screen and press buttons. That 's not at all the case, according to Business Insider. They did a study and found that professional gamers can train all day in some cases with an average of about 12-14 hours a day. That 's almost double the time a professional athlete trains or a professional dancer/ballet dancer would train on a daily basis. But still athletes do make a ton more money than most eSports players. The Huffington Post states that NBA players make about 5.5 million dollars a year for playing in the NBA. Therefore there is still a lot of room to grow with eSports as a long term job goal. Players of esports get about the same amount of publicity which then increase their exposure, thus increasing their potential to be