Esports at the Olympics? | IOC President Weighs In

Should esport ever be considered as a potential Olympic event? It's a popular debate. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has arguments for and against, but gives us a short-term answer.

What's your opinion?

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[FuSiionCraft]

"Olympics doesn't like violence"
Also olympics :
- Boxing
- Fencing
- Judo
- Wrestling
- Taekwondo
- Karate

Oh, and there's also shooting (rifle and pistol with each of their respective sports), archery, and so on.

Are they dumb ? Yes. Yes they are.

[JogBird]

olympics need esports more than the other way around, it should do its own thing

[nemassista]

Esports has a greater potential than just becoming an event at the Olympics. Esports should continue to do its own thing, let the free market choose which direction it takes and if anything, maybe make a spinoff Olympics dedicated to electronic gaming and even Board/ Card games like Chess or Poker.

[stephenkoban]

FIFA, COD, NHL, 2k, Madden, and MLB the show should be in

[chakalabradores]

Esports is now in SEA Games and Asian Games

[rishitgirdhar]

E-Sports is a great opportunity for many people who are not supported by their parents like in India. If E-Sports is taken into Olympics then parents might open their minds in sending their children to gaming as till now they have a wrong thing in mind that gaming / E-Sports is not a career.
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[hydraz]

I don't think it should be in the Olympics, I think there should be an eOlympics, a special olympics for gaming where instead of esports teams, it is international. So for rocket league Team Great Britain could be Deevo, Scrub Killa and Bluey and team USA could be Kronovi etc

[fncatnigel]

If they don't want esports on olympics then so be it. Esports already solidified itself in history. Olympics??

[justincleon]

Yep, I think E-sport must be included in Olympics/Other International Sports events because in this recent period/era, most of the E-sport is very fast and the interest in E-sport is very widespread. This caused by the prizes from E-sport is very huge.

[christiana]

I think the E-sport must be included into a event olympic and in another big event of internasional sport because, the new generation maybe more often see YouTube or applications on smartphones or on their gaming computers

[vashj]

Starcraft should be one if ever, imagine the strategy in that games.

[jocelyncherishhalim]

Yes, i think E-sport must be included in Olympics/other international Sport event because maybe more will take part in the Olympics and people who previously didn't want to watch the Olympics will watch the Olympics so there will be a lot of people at the Olympics. So the Olympics will be more advanced, exciting, and more famous.

[BillyWhaler]

Car racers burn the same amount of calories as a marathon runner. Guessing an e sport athlete burns the same as archery so why not.

[matteoromano]

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[cappycapyt]

Bring ROBLOX to olympics its best and I will represent India as a YouTuber
Finish I will try to bring gold, silver or bronze

[propandey]

No esporsts should not come in olampic