A RESEARCH ON THE REASONS OF MODERN SPORTS CLUBS' INTEREST IN ESPORTS ACTIVITIES
Abstract
Electronic sports (eSports) has become increasingly part of modern sport in recent years. In today's world where technology is developing more and more every day, sports clubs follow the innovations that have emerged. eSports has a great potential to show a similar development as modern sport. eSports economy grows at an important rate every year. It has been cause to increase the interest of the sports clubs in the recent period. eSports couldn’t find enough attention yet in academic area. But eSports will be add more value to itself with the multifaceted contribution it make to the sports economy in the near future. eSports, which is included among scholarship programs in many universities around the world, is very limited in scientific studies in Turkey compared to other countries. İt is aimed to resolve to the lack of Turkish resources and contribute to the literature in this developing field with this study.
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