How many of you did not grow up playing sports? There is no real school for sports, so growing up playing sports tends to fill that role. If you did not go to school, today, you probably cannot read, write or perform basic arithmetic. It's not exactly a crime to be illiterate, but it certainly makes professional writing somewhat of a challenge.

I don't know if there is some kind of sports book you could read to catch up a bit, but if so, it would certainly help. The fact we keep stats on practices goes to show how sports illiterate some people in esports must truly be.

Personally, I grew up playing soccer and baseball. In soccer, I was on three teams every year; in three different leagues. Two of the three were for all-stars. Around the same time, I was also in arcades playing Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. Back then, there were no real PC's, and there was no internet, and there were no FPS games (yes, i'm that old). So while I was very successful playing sports, I also played video-games, and honestly, i've always preferred video-games.

The difference between me and many of the other people in esports, is that I did go to sports school, and I can distinguish between a professional sport and a bunch of kids pretending to play a professional sport. Teaching sports to the sports illiterate is like teaching Helen Keller how to say water... it takes forever, it's frustrating, and even when she finally says it, she doesn't pronounce it correctly.

It's my interest to have legitimate professional esports. If you have the same interest, but you do not understand sports well enough to make it happen, there are two options: learn more about sports, or listen to someone who knows what they're talking about. This thing can work. We have proof that it can work. The LoL and FGC streams pull in like 150k viewers. If we can keep that sort of thing going, and simultaneously make the games legitimate, then professional esports will be a reality. Worthington's Law does not make a sport professional, and perhaps after enough sports school, you will understand what that means.