sports fans up in arms about the network showing e-sports

sports fans are up in arms about the ESPN one of the biggest sports broadcasting programs on TV showing the competion 'Heroes of the dorm' and the game hero of the storm a game developed and funded by blizzard who are know for games such as world of Warcraft. ESPN president John skipper saying that things such as Heroes of the dorm are not real sports in September of last year but yet here we are

e are.

people don't have a problem with people playing it but it being compared to football basketball and rugby and so on this is what people are upset about so the real question shouldn't be why is being shown but are E-sports even sports. well in my opinion they are and they arent. they arnt in the sense that not in a million years will a E-Sport pro be able to be as fast and strong as a athlete like the football stars of today but that is the same in reverse but the real thing that matters facts and figures.

for this example i will be doing viewers of the football world cup in Brazil and league of legends the leader of in the e sports scene.

football world cup attendants-909.6 million
league of legends-27 million

so theses numbers are not comparable but then again football has been around for hundreds of years while league of legends was released in 2009 and still is in the millions of viewer ships which shows that eventually the two would be comparable

but it then end does it matter.
people watch sports or TV in general for the entertainment and with everyone although constantly being categorised and branded and re-branded time and time again people enjoy different things so people will enjoy it for different reasons and for some the thought of sport isn't appealing but other things will appeal to them so in the end its down to preference.