Arab Times

Esports in Olympics opposed:

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A global survey of sports industry executives shows 57 percent oppose Olympic status for video gaming.

Audit firm PwC says more than 400 sports industry profession­als from 42 countries answered an online questionna­ire for its annual survey. The findings were discussed Tuesday at the Olympic Museum, where the IOC hosted an esports conference in July on possible Olympic status for the booming games market.

The PwC survey asked “Is esports an Olympic sport?”: 28 percent said “no, because esports does not qualify as ‘sport’” and 29 percent said esports should grow independen­tly of the Olympics. (AP)

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