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CW Getting Into the Sports Business

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...eSports, that is.

The CW has picked up the third season of Machinima’s eSports documentary series “Chasing the Cup” about players facing off in a “Mortal Kombat X” tournament — marking the first TV deal for the YouTube-focused digital studio.

CW will distribute the first five episodes of “Mortal Kombat X: Machinima’s Chasing the Cup” online at CW Seed. The finale, covering the championship of the ESL Mortal Kombat X Pro League Finals with contestants battling for $100,000 in prize money, will air on the CW Network as a one-hour primetime special on Monday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/cw-mortal-kombat-x-chasing-the-cup-esports-tv-1201687965/
 
If you're wondering how to reach young men, this is how. Lots of advertisers are anxious to reach these consumers. This was the original concept behind Spike. Too bad there isn't a radio equivalent.
 
TheBigA said:
If you're wondering how to reach young men, this is how. Lots of advertisers are anxious to reach these consumers. This was the original concept behind Spike. Too bad there isn't a radio equivalent.
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I understand the concept but please don't call this garbage a "sport". It fits right in there with cheese rolling and hot dog eating.
 
TheBigA said:
If it's competitive, it is, by definition, a sport. American Idol is a sport.
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A sport is an athletic competition between two or more human participants whose purpose is to outscore the opponent within a given set of rules, judged by absolute scoring and not esoteric judging, without intentional injury to either party, and does not include the use of vehicles, weapons, cards or animals.

If "competition" is all you need to define a sport then education would be a sport and we all know it is far from that.
 
E-sports is becoming more of a big thing than some think, so much so that some universities/colleges like Robert Morris University in Chicago are now offering scholarships to students who want to participate. HBO's "Real Sports" did profile back in 2014 about Morris' e-sports program...definitely caught me by surprise that a school would offer scholarships to those who want to play video games, essentially, for a living.
 
newsmark said:
Remember the original full name of ESPN? Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.

Almost anything can fit that name.
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Yet the first non-sports programming ESPN aired was non-entertaining -- a dry, nothing-but-the-facts morning business report.Entertaining non-sports shows came much later, probably after ABC/Disney had changed ESPN's official name to ESPN Inc., with the letters standing for nothing.
 
landtuna said:


A sport is an athletic competition between two or more human participants whose purpose is to outscore the opponent within a given set of rules, judged by absolute scoring and not esoteric judging, without intentional injury to either party, and does not include the use of vehicles, weapons, cards or animals.

If "competition" is all you need to define a sport then education would be a sport and we all know it is far from that.
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Are the gloves worn by boxers -- or the fists in them -- considered "weapons," making boxing not a sport? One of the objects of boxing is to outscore the opponent, but rendering him senseless is preferable. How about wrestling (legit amateur), where there are decisions and pins? Also, poker and horse racing aren't sports, but pool and cribbage are?
 
CTListener said:
Are the gloves worn by boxers -- or the fists in them -- considered "weapons," making boxing not a sport? One of the objects of boxing is to outscore the opponent, but rendering him senseless is preferable. How about wrestling (legit amateur), where there are decisions and pins? Also, poker and horse racing aren't sports, but pool and cribbage are?
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Boxing isn't a sport because it is designed to injure. Amateur wrestling (NCAA rules) is a legit sport. Neither pool nor cribbage are sports.
 
This sounds more like your personal definition. Which is fine for you, but it doesn't mean anyone else has to agree.

Your definition doesn't include the role of the audience, which seems to be a critical element.
 
landtuna said:
The audience matters only to the promoter.
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I spent some time covering sports and interviewing the athletes, and I'm here to tell you that the audience matters a lot to the athletes, and not just because they pay to get in, but because of the pride of these athletes in what they do, and their love of performing for an audience. There is an interaction that takes place between the people on the field and the ones in the stand. Hitting a home run in practice with no one in the stadium doesn't mean as much as getting the cheer of the fans as the ball leaves the park. If you're any good at what you do, whatever that is, you want to do it in front of an audience, and get their acknowledgement. And THAT is part of the sport.
 
TheBigA said:
I spent some time covering sports and interviewing the athletes, and I'm here to tell you that the audience matters a lot to the athletes, and not just because they pay to get in, but because of the pride of these athletes in what they do, and their love of performing for an audience. There is an interaction that takes place between the people on the field and the ones in the stand. Hitting a home run in practice with no one in the stadium doesn't mean as much as getting the cheer of the fans as the ball leaves the park. If you're any good at what you do, whatever that is, you want to do it in front of an audience, and get their acknowledgement. And THAT is part of the sport.
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I don't know if you ever played team sports but when I played as a youth, in high school and in the Navy my only audience were my teammates. They, most of all, were the only people present who could measure my performance and appreciate the outcome. While it was nice to hear the cheers of the spectators they were as likely to be supporting the colors I wore rather than me individually.
 
This is the equivalent of when the CW had Smackdown. Almost scared me because I was thinking NFL on the CW (which I know will never happen).
 
landtuna said:
I don't know if you ever played team sports but when I played as a youth, in high school and in the Navy my only audience were my teammates.
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This thread is about pro sports. The kind of sports that get televised. If it's getting televised, it's about the audience. That's what this thread is about.
 
Keep in mind that Turner Sports has NBA, March Madness & MLB rights & could outsource overflow games to The CW too (Especially during March Madness where The CW could replace TruTV & televise the games which would be on TruTV in years past) much the same way Turner outsources CNN news coverage of major breaking news like 9/11 to The CW

Just a thought.....

Cheers & 73 :)
 
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