Mark Cuban wants to own an eSports team and League of Legends
wonder how that would play out.
Like if Cuban built a superstar league team and other millionaires did the same, how big could eSports (League of Legends or otherwise) really become?
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i feel like this could just turn league of legends into a game show about winning cars and stupid stuff. [zombie-nunu-bummed]
eSports is already a huge venture but the last thing you want is it being overtaken by corporate monstrosities, not saying cuban is corporate but yeh, lets not repeat mistakes of previous ''sports''.
Rick Fox an albeit struggling Echo Fox (gg riot nice visas) so we're starting to see an uprising. INB4 Donald Trump buys a team...
With big sponsors already involved, a dedicated distribution platform, a large viewership, and an international platform there really isn't a cap to the growth of competitive league as long as it's managed well. Having people like Mark Cuban that have experience with the structure of competitive entertainment--like Mark Cuban himself--would greatly benefit that growth. If I were Riot, I would happily invite him to sit down with my eSports team and talk about the future of competitive League. Guys like him could make it explode and ensure it heads in the right direction.
Probably not much bigger than it is now considering only people that play LoL actually give a crap about its esports scene. This isn't like football or baseball. I like esports a lot, but one issue it has is its audience is limited to people that actually play the game.