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University offers athletic scholarships to video gamers
Posted on 6/24/14 at 4:59 am
Posted on 6/24/14 at 4:59 am
WTF
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A private university in Chicago has become the first in the country to make video games a varsity sport. Robert Morris University-Illinois says it will offer between 45 and 50 athletic scholarships to competitive gamers who play an online, multiplayer battle-arena video game called .
Kurt Melcher, the associate athletic director, has been a gamer himself. He says that in addition to the scholarships, which are worth about $19,000 each, the school will also be looking to hire a video game coach. (Unlike other team coaches, whose job is to get players to practice more and harder, Melcher told that the job for a video game coach is to exhort the team to ease up on the all-night Red Bull marathons and actually include some balance in their lives.)
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Posted on 6/24/14 at 5:02 am to Jim Rockford
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A private university in Chicago
Thanks Obama
Posted on 6/24/14 at 6:13 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 6/24/14 at 6:26 am to Jim Rockford
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A private university in Chicago has become the first in the country to make video games a varsity sport. Robert Morris University-Illinois says it will offer between 45 and 50 athletic scholarships to competitive gamers who play an online, multiplayer battle-arena video game called .
At first gamers be like
Till they realize it was all an intervention
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(Unlike other team coaches, whose job is to get players to practice more and harder, Melcher told that the job for a video game coach is to exhort the team to ease up on the all-night Red Bull marathons and actually include some balance in their lives.)
Posted on 6/24/14 at 6:39 am to Jim Rockford
Believe it or not there is a lot of money there for pro gamers (both through tourneys and streaming) so this isn't that big of a surprise
Posted on 6/24/14 at 6:46 am to Rand AlThor
So will these student athletes be financially compensated when their likenesses are used in EA's NCAA GAMER '15?
Posted on 6/24/14 at 6:49 am to loweralabamatrojan
Well there gamer tags will be used. That's privacy rights.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 7:42 am to Rand AlThor
quote:Yes it is... because video gaming is not a sport and gamers are not athletes.
Believe it or not there is a lot of money there for pro gamers (both through tourneys and streaming) so this isn't that big of a surprise
Posted on 6/24/14 at 8:02 am to loweralabamatrojan
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So will these student athletes be financially compensated when their likenesses are used in EA's NCAA GAMER '15?
It can just be called NCAA Inception
Posted on 6/24/14 at 8:30 am to Jim Rockford
I could've had a full ride as a teen.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 8:35 am to Master of Sinanju
I'm interested to see how this pans out for them. It's not like they are taking money away from a National Championship football team for this. It's also more like a club sport than anything.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 9:34 am to Mr Gardoki
The game is league of legends FYI
Posted on 6/24/14 at 9:53 am to castorinho
Posted on 6/24/14 at 10:00 am to Jim Rockford
Is this real? I read it and it doesn't seem to be satire.
Why couldn't they have this when I was younger? Shite.
Why couldn't they have this when I was younger? Shite.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 11:40 am to Jim Rockford
It'll get these kids a good education. I wouldn't want a school I had a financial interest in to do this, but more power to them if they think this will work.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 11:42 am to Jim Rockford
In the old days, we used to have to debate whether or not NASCAR and golf were actually sports.
I definitely could have hung a few banners in the rafters with my Ms. Pac Man and Defender skills.
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I could've had a full ride as a teen.
I definitely could have hung a few banners in the rafters with my Ms. Pac Man and Defender skills.
This post was edited on 6/24/14 at 11:44 am
Posted on 6/24/14 at 12:08 pm to loweralabamatrojan
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NCAA Gamer '15
Say what you want, after '12 though I won't drop another penny on this series.
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