University of California Irvine has already built a legacy in collegiate esports. With multiple national championships, top-line research and a wide supporting program, there is no argument UCI is one of the most developed college esports programs in the US. In this show, Mark Deppe, who has been at the helm of UCI Esports since its inception joins to talk about NCAA's involvement in college esports, how games are chosen and the roadblocks preventing varsity esports programs from going widespread.

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Special Guest: Mark Deppe.

I go in-depth on the plans for a new center from Harrisburg University that intends to focus on three key areas of study surrounding esports.

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The news is finally picking back up again. On this episode we look at a unique Red Bull sponsored university-based Valorant tournament. Then, we look at an HBCU esports career expo and Madden tournament. Sign up for the expo using this link.

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As Head Coach of Park University's varsity esports team, AJ is one of the people pushing collegiate esports forward. Her team features three female varsity players as well as a female head coach so we discuss why that is currently an anomaly, how we can balance the scales of the gender imbalance and why Missouri seems to be leading the country in college varsity esports programs.

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Special Guest: Ashley "AJ" Jones.

PlayVS has acquired GameSeta to expand reach in Canada while the exodus from CSL continues to benefit eFuse.

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I may be a journalist but I can't put my bias away when it comes to the Ducks. On the Program Spotlight we dive into my alma mater and how an esports program has taken off in the last few years.

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On today's class, we cover an article from two university researchers that highlights the interesting paralells between golf and esports. Read the article here.

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Esports Circus CEO Jefferey Stansfield joins the show to talk about his company, the importance of in-person competitions (covid not-withstanding) and how college esports programs can promote STEM education.

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A whole bunch of studies focused on violent video games was published by the journal Cyberpsycholgy, Behavior and Social Networking focused entirely on the different impacts of violent video games.

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Two companies providing important aspects for college esports growth announced a partnership last week.

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