The Olympics and esports is one of the eternal questions that comes up with each new announcement by the IOC such as the recent 2020+5 list of recommendations. It seems clear that game such as League of Legends or CSGO are unlikely to be considered as events anytime soon while esports representing traditional sports such as FIFA are under consideration. […]
Tag: Olympics
Contextualizing the Esports stand of the DOSB (German Olympic Sports Association)
The Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB), which is the German federation for sport, says, that esports is no sport. From a historical point of view, the DOSB has changed its argument several times. Starting with arguments about physical activity, over allegedly missing structures in esports and ending with legal advice. To understand the argumentation of the DOSB and other critical views […]
