Don
America seems to think so:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23321595
Personally, I think it's border line; Gaming takes so much skill and ability and knowledge of the engine that it's a high skilled (potentially) profession. If it is indeed a profession and the best can make it so, then why shouldn't it be classed as a sport?
Does a sport have to include exercise, can it be mental? Is Chess a sport for example, some would say so.
Now games like LoL are taking off, along with CS, BF, CoD, what are the main examples for you, of "Professional Gaming sports?"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23321595
Personally, I think it's border line; Gaming takes so much skill and ability and knowledge of the engine that it's a high skilled (potentially) profession. If it is indeed a profession and the best can make it so, then why shouldn't it be classed as a sport?
Does a sport have to include exercise, can it be mental? Is Chess a sport for example, some would say so.
Now games like LoL are taking off, along with CS, BF, CoD, what are the main examples for you, of "Professional Gaming sports?"