FIFA Interactive World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n“In Holland all the Eredivisie teams have an eteam player, there is a competition and it is watched by more people on TV than the Dutch second division,\u201d Gullit said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe exposure is unbelievable.” <\/p>\n
Gullit noted that hundreds of thousands of fans now want to get into playing esports, adding that many of these players will become part of big teams with big sponsors behind them.<\/p>\n
“It’s not a game in itself any more, it’s a professional thing,\u201d Team Gullit says in a promotional video on its website.<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball also started all as a game – now it’s become almost life.”<\/p>\n
On the argument that esports should not be categorised as real sport since it does not entail any significant physical activity, Gullit drew comparisons to other highly competitive sports that were once tarred with the same brush. <\/p>\n
“We think that sports is about you doing something physical,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Therefore some people think that esport is not a sport. <\/p>\n
“That was the argument about darts but it has become so huge they recognise it as people playing sport.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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