This is the final part of a three-part series examining the structure of esports leagues. Part One focused the choice developers of the biggest esports have made between a franchise model or third-party tournaments. Part Two focused on the minor leagues developed by Riot and Blizzard to support their franchises. This part looks at the […]
The Big East Conference has partnered with ESL to bring esports to select schools in the conference at the Big East Esports Invitational that starts on March 19th. There has been a lot of institutional support for collegiate esports recently but this pilot program, backed by industry leaders ESL, will help push participating colleges to […]
Collegiate esports are growing rapidly, especially on the West Coast. Last month, eleven Pac-12 schools got together to form the Pacific Alliance of Collegiate Gamers (PACG). While not sponsored by the conference officially, every Pac-12 school besides the University of Washington is represented in the PACG. 11 student driven orgs from campuses across the @pac12 conference […]
