Recognizing Esports as a Sport from an Academic Perspective

Abstract

Esports has been around now for some time and has become mainstream in terms of interest, passion and the time spent on gaming among students may it be at school or tertiary levels. There has been a negative perception against gaming as a time waste action or a digital mental disturbance mainly by parents. Truth of the matter is that gaming or Esports has gone far beyond driven in today’s sporting industry and has started to become a key ingredient in programme offerings at Institution of Higher Learning (IHLs).