Have you ever wondered how video games have grown from an activity you participate in in your free time to a billion dollar industry that includes cyberathletes who make millions of dollars a year? Or what colleges and governments around the world are doing to help make eSports one of the fastest growing sports in the world? If so, this is the podcast for you as today we deep dive the history and evolution of eSports. Beginning with a discussion of where video games came from and how they progressed over time, we then move to dissect the world of eSports and explain how they grew from a small competition at a college to a worldwide sport. So if you are interested in learning more about this new segment of the sporting world just sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of The Sport Professor Podcast.