Hey guys, I am coming by to ask for some help. I have a Government project about the impact the US Government has on E-Sports and it's legitimacy. Now does anyone know any .gov website that I might be able to use to prove the legitimacy of E-Sports being a US Sport? Thanks! :)
Edit: Here's the Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95oTXlkJgPo
http://www.geek.com/games/us-goverment-confirms-league-of-legends-is-a-legitimate-sport-1562188/
https://www.destructoid.com/mark-cuban-league-of-legends-is-a-real-sport--321998.phtml
I personally don't have a legitimate answer for this topic as it's close to the "religion" part in some people eyes and there will always be the "south belt" people who will always believe in nothing but the "old fashioned" way of things, but here are 2 sites that I personally have found.
This first site from my knowledge just talks about League and the E-sports scene. The second site has some good quotes from Mark Cuban(Dallas Mavericks owner) and you can branch off from Cuban to Rick Fox to Shaq and take some quotes from them as well as they are part owners or just have their hand in some of the LCS-E-Sports scene.
https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/p-1a-internationally-recognized-athlete shows what a P-1A visa is, and this news story http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/07/business/la-fi-online-gamers-20130808 shows that LoL players receive these visas.
Come check the video :D
Thanks guys for your help! I'm gonna go get an A today!
they have recognised them as athletes granting working visa's reserved for basically olympians / sports imports.
theres you proof
http://www.visapro.com/p1-visa/p1-visa-for-esport.asp
you can find a report similar on official gov websites thats just what i found quickly tp prove it as I'm at work.
forbes.
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