Fairly recently the sports talk show host Colin Cowherd ruthlessly attacked ESports. Going off in hilarious fashion with a pretty funny stereotype of those who play video games professionally. He stated,
“There goes Spencer, he’s leaving the event and walking across the street to his mom’s house, where he still lives at 29. He goes over to the refrigerator, opens it up, he’s got a Hot Pocket! Oh yeah, microwave next. Look at the cheese! Big night for Spencer. Now he’s going upstairs to his room, a room where a girl has never entered. He sits down — look at that Star Wars collection.”
Gordon Hayward took to twitter in defense of ESports and cowherds assumption that all people who play video games are "dorks." What he posts is also pretty funny.
In the spirit of fun Cowherd had Hayward on his talk show and they both talked about the RAPIDLY growing ESports. Gordan Hayward just became the Pro Athlete spokesperson of ESports. Watch the full interview below.
ESports, though very different from almost every sport, is still a sport. Many of these players train a lot during the day to keep their edge. Just because they have a controller or mouse in their hands doesn't mean that they aren't professionals.