ESPN President John Skipper doesn’t consider eSports as a sport, he mentioned during the Code/Media Series: New York conference on Thursday, categorizing it as a competition along with strategy…
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ESPN President Says eSports Is Not a Sport – IGN News
Dude. It’s not a sport, they are not athletes. Get over it
john is retarted
eSports is a FAKE sports #LearnIt
Even though if you look at the definition of sport, it shows that it is sport, can't argue against facts just because your mad about it
Disney owns espn
+$20,000,000 without espn hahahaah
Bruh they put Poker and Darts on ESPfuckinN and they dont wanna put eSports on there
ESPN President is right.
Eugenes, video games are not a sport you basement dwelling, dorito munching, mtn dew snorting nerds
The united states goverment only recognises video gaming as a sport because for evil corporate activities, to make a lot of money out of this crap. PERIOD
Chess is not a sport and thus is a video game not a sport PERIOD (TRIGGERED NERDS)
If I were ESPN workers then I would hop on this esports crap. I hate it but, it is money.
I completely agree. Esports is not a sport. It's a competition.
that is true. not is a sport its a competition. a competitive video game not is a sport but.. thats cares?
Then he got smack in the face by disney for not trying to make money in eSports
at least he gets it. if video games aren't sports then chess isn't either and I respect that. That's y it's called esports right?
This dickhead at my school today was basically saying that him going home and playing counterstrike is more work than me and my teammates going out to practice in the blazing heat for 3 1/2 hrs, then lifting, then film study. And that is why I dislike these nerds that call themselves athletes bc they can twiddle their thumbs.
Video games are clearly not actual sports. They're games. Clicking a mouse is not physical excursion.
is chess a sport?
He is stupid.
if video games are becoming a sport then the future that was shown in Wal-e is becoming more realistic.
why is everyone focusing on the words… Does it matter if its defined as a sport or not? Painting is not a sport, but its respected. In my opinion neither chess or videogames are sports. But that doesnt really matter though.
He's speaking the truth, search for the definition of sports.
E-sports is a thing of its own. It is a new type of sport if you will.
Because it is not, more like Ecomp, sounds a lot worse.
Esports is not a sport lets just leave it at that
It's not.
But now they have eSports as part of their espn website treating it like a regular sport. Things changed when they saw how much money the esports industry made in 2015.
Video games aren't sports.
Basically, those who think esport is a real sport are not good at any type of sport in real life. wtf sport sounds so weird lmao like sport sport
John Skipper is right, you know.
Those people who would even consider esport to be sports are idiots need to die. Kill them with fire! They are examples of the huge decadence of our society.
WTF ARE SPORTS?
LOL Love that title: eSports Is Not a Sport. In other news, cats are NOT dogs.
I love esports but its not a sport
How you gonna call Poker a sport… and not Games? this shit don't add up
This goes out to the morons trying to down the competitive gaming community… Is competitive "eating" a sport? Is NASCAR a sport? Is the national spelling bee a sport? Or how about poker. Is poker a sport? Every single one of them are on ESPN. So you can save the "it's not a sport" babble for another debate where it might actually make sense. The ESPN president is a complete hypocrite and a scumbag. He will be all over the "esports" scene when he grows a full functioning brain and realize how much money is in the industry.
ITS INSULTING TO CALL IT SPORT
sucks to be that guy because it is an official sport right now
Tell me ESPN if poker is a sport why can't video games be to?
Old Geezer angry that his shitty Channel is losing money out with the old in with the new
Hey sports fans if boxing is a sport why is Mayweather considered the best. Hitting w/o getting hit is more of a chess match than a sport. Esport may not have physical strains but it's more of a sport than my fat dad hitting a ball then getting a cart ride for 100 yards helped by a caddie . Esport is a sport I rather watch 1 good league of legends match than 20 superbowls. Guess what I play football in college. It's all perception.
Yet poker is a sport!?!?!?!?!?!
I'm a athlete and I play video games playing football is a lot harder than picking up a control