Much like other traditional sports, this global phenomenon has created professional teams, sponsorships, and even dedicated e-sports organizations. Players often form teams or join existing ones to compete in tournaments, and organizations invest in coaching, training facilities, and infrastructure to support their teams. Professional e-game players and teams can earn a living through salaries, endorsements, and prize money. A few of the major tournaments have substantial prize pools, exceeding millions of dollars!

This industry continues to grow rapidly thanks to increasing viewership, investment, and recognition. It has even started to gain attention from mainstream media and traditional sports organizations. Some e-gamers have created e-sports teams, franchises and established their own e-sports divisions. But is this really a sport?

The classification of e-gaming as a “real” sport is a topic of debate and definitely open to interpretation. Traditionally, The word sports brings to mind aspects of physical prowess, athleticism, and direct physical competition. E-sports, on the other hand, does not involve any physical contact with fellow players or opponents. There are some similarities. Rather than physical exertion, e-sports primarily relies on mental skills, hand-eye coordination, and quick decision-making. Many of these skills are used in traditional sports, especially ones like Golf and Baseball. Other similarities to traditional sports include intense training, discipline, teamwork, competitions, paid sponsorships and strategic thinking. The key difference is the level of or lack of physical demands. No matter what your opinion on e-sports classification, e-sports are here to stay! Even supplement companies have started created ergogenic aids geared towards e-gaming industry and research is well on its way looking at both the cognitive effects and demands of e-games.