ESPN Boss Declares eSports 'Not A Sport' — forbes.com

Though the sports and video gaming communities see far more overlap than they used to, there’s still that ever present “nerd vs. jock” rivalry that still rears up from time to time, even as the landscape of society has changed. That’s what happened this week when ESPN ESPN president John Skipper was asked about Amazon’s recent Twitch acquisition, and the general rise of eSports. “It’s not a sport — it’s a competition. Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition….Mostly, I’m interested in doing real sports,” he said, according to Re/code.

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