https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rocket-league-tournament-will-be-televised-on-nbc-/1100-6451090/
"Television networks have been gaining interest in esports for the past couple of years, and today NBC Sports became the latest network to jump on the trend. It announced today that it'll broadcast a Rocket League tournament, marking the first time that Rocket League has been televised.
In a press release today, developer Psyonix detailed its new partnership with the NBC Sports Group. The network will broadcast a two vs. two tournament with a $100,000 prize pool this summer. The tournament will begin with regional online qualifying matches organized through the Faceit esports platform, then later rounds will be aired on the NBC Sports App."
Good luck, I hope it's successful. It's got one of the best chances for a competitive video game to appeal to a more general audience. But still I expect only a small proportion of the sports fan viewership to regard video games as anything other than shit nerds play because they can't play real sports.
And the fact is, regardless of how sporty a video game looks, it can still be played by a basement dwelling, couch jokey, lard arse. Not that such a person is an accurate depiction of the average gamer, but it's an image that exists in the mind of a lot of the general population. Ironically a decent proportion of sports fans who watch a lot of sport on TV are living room dwelling, couch jokey, lard arses.
An interesting year for Rocket League. Hopefully it leads to more success.
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