Beltway Confidential

Video game nerds are the only ‘athletes’ we have left

By Brad Polumbo
Published April 3, 2020 3:00am ET
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Video game nerds are the only ‘athletes’ we have left
Thanks to the coronavirus, March Madness is canceled, the NBA season was suspended, and Opening Day of the baseball season never happened. The 2021 Olympics are postponed, and the Little League season has been shut down. So, one unforeseen side effect of this societal shutdown is that the emerging, once-obscure category of quasi-athletics known as […]

Thanks to the coronavirus, March Madness is canceled, the NBA season was suspended, and Opening Day of the baseball season never happened. The 2021 Olympics are postponed, and the Little League season has been shut down. So, one unforeseen side effect of this societal shutdown is that the emerging, once-obscure category of quasi-athletics known as “esports” is pretty much the only type of sports left.

It’s experiencing something of a surge in popularity as a result.

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