eSports isn’t a real sport according to the ESPN’s President John Skipper

When we think of “sports”, our minds usually go to more traditional activities which have been defined as sports in the past, such as football, basketball, cricket, swimming, badminton, and etc. However in the recent years, the concept of eSports is starting to catch on where playing video games could be considered a sport as well. In fact we have heard how League of Legends and StarCraft players have been granted visas to enter the US where they have been classified as pro athletes. Perhaps that’s the new direction we are headed at, but it seems that not everyone feels the same. Speaking to the folks at Re/code, ESPN’s President John Skipper did not seem to think that eSports was considered a sport.