esports to become an Olympic sport

longers · August 9, 2017

The cringe is real.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/40875324

Connor · August 9, 2017

Well done all. Great decision.

tonyhorne · August 9, 2017

No worse than a lot of other stuff that goes on within the IOC.

Can only help win back some integrity and respect.

After all, none exists at the moment...

longers · August 9, 2017

Ah the great olympians of our time

Michael Phelps - Swimmer

Carl Lewis - Sprinter/Tripple Jump

Steve Redgrave - Rower

N00BSL4Y3R - Level 50 Warlock

Bruce Wayne · August 9, 2017

Horse racing has a big global audience. So does professional wrestling. What in the actual uck are they thinking?

Yarrgh · August 9, 2017

Is there a online pornography watching marathon because I reckon with a little practice I could trouble the podium.

The binman chronicles · August 9, 2017

Now that's something I can get behind... hang on a minute it says esports. Damn. Thought it said escorts. (n)

Groucho · August 9, 2017

Ridiculous in my opinion.

Connor · August 9, 2017

In nowhere there does it actually say they'll 100% be added, though.

Esports could be added to the Olympic Games programme in 2024, with the Paris bid team keen to discuss the issue with the International Olympic Committee.

"We have to look at it because we can't say, 'it's not about Olympics,'" Paris 2024 co-president Tony Estanguet said.

"The youth are interested, so let's meet them," he told the AP news agency.

"I think it's interesting to interact with the IOC and the esports family to better understand what the process is and why it is such a success.

"There is some time to look at it, to interact, to engage. I don't want to say 'no' from the beginning."

The 2024 programme will start to be shaped in 2019, and a decision on what sports are to be added in Paris will be taken after the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

"We will spend some time after Lima to engage with new people and stakeholders," Estanguet said.

"The IOC will have the last say if they want esports on the programme. Let's discuss among ourselves."

chrissyjack · August 9, 2017

* starts playing Minecraft

Rook · August 9, 2017

I mean its no stupider than dressage, but its still stupid.

PhilM · August 9, 2017

Bruce Wayne said:
Horse racing has a big global audience. So does professional wrestling. What in the actual uck are they thinking?

Add to that darts, cricket, motor racing and lots more. There was big furore over golf at the Olympics, but they want some teenager playing tetris.

verreauxi · August 9, 2017

Don't see it happening. Hopefully a non-issue, despite the protestations of slothful RedBull drinking shut-ins who use their fingers to press buttons or masturbate 10000x more than they use them to open a door to get outside.