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The Fury on 26 April 2017
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SuperNova said:

Ah, sorry for having outdated info, then. I remember reading an article a while back that said chess was under serious consideration for 2020, but haven't followed it that closely.

That depends on the sport too, though. While esports change much faster, they are also much younger. The reason you think sports don't really change that much is because none of us have been around when the Olympic disciplines of today where in their infancy and still changing a lot.

For a few examples of sports that had drastic rule changes within the last 40 years look no further than, basketball, figure skating, gymnastics, Ski jumping etc. And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. These aren't small rule changes either, but fundamental stuff like the 3-point line and entire new scoring systems wich entirely transform the sports. Heck they stopped actually scating figures in figure skating. So yeah, sports are changing, sometimes drastically.

Chess is used in the debate of 'sport vs games' and we all know it's not really a sport. The whole recognition thing is odd, it's recognised due to having a governing body, I think, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee#International_federations_recognised_by_IOC - Chess is under the ARISF.

This is where, eSports needs to organise more. The governing bodies of each eSport is usually the maker of the game, so I'm not sure if the Olympics would ever look at them and say 'Okay, you can be a sport by recognition.' I mean the maker of the game has their own self interests when promoting and organising events, they are trying to make money, even more so than FIFA "non-profit" status.

You are right on the rest though, it does depend on the sport but football in the 70s and football now are pretty much the same basic game, get ball in the opposistions net, even by history standards, organised sport has only really existed since the 20th century. Yet, new eSports can appear in a matter of months and leave just as quick depending on popularity.



Hmm, pie.