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- High school students across the country are hoping to turn their love of video games into money for college. Esports still represent just a fraction of the total scholarship market, but there are millions of dollars available to the best gamers-and that number is rising quickly.
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How Esports Scholarships Offer Gamers A New Path To College | NBC News
all kids in elemtary, or even younger are going to be living the life, Im cureently in my second last year of highschool and I dont think esports is recognizable enough for my parents to even consider this. But kids of the future will have so many opportunutys. Im telling you that in a couple years esports is going to be one of the most viewed sports in the world
Isn’t it already the most viewed?
@Vapor Corona is why
yeah no lmfao, my cousin got a full ride to mizzou, d1 school for valorant same for his friend that goes to SLU, ur stupid if you think this isn’t happening
@@metanoiu6726 ayo wat
They really went and chose the most gamer-looking soy boy to interview here. SMH
is that you?😂☠️
@@sketti2543 LMAO it does look like him.
Gamers rise up
It's a joke
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@john emeigh ok boomer
"this is a commitment" -guy who only plays 4 hours on weekends
he was talking about only team prac he probably plays more
i'd get kicked out of each program for using my ancient language from xbox 360 game chat lmao
Xbox 360 party chat was a sacred place where you could be called the n word from both 8 year olds and 28 year olds.
"dude, buy the door! you have the most points!"
@@grubbington_shots ReViVe Me I hAvE rAy GuN
"I have a masters degree in Fortnite, when can I start as CEO?" 😛
Company:To be a ceo you need to have a Minecraft masters degree.
People with football scholarships don’t get degrees in football.
Obvious bias is obvious.
Ok boomer
Joe Shmoe
Sad but true thing lol. Even thought it would be awesome, it’s not a paying sport at the moment. Not jobs for esports, besides tournaments.
4:42 this dude has shrek 2
Guys, if someone is being mean in the comments, just reply with a solid “ok boomer”
john emeigh ok boomer
john emeigh ok boomer
@john emeigh ok boomer
john emeigh bruh the fact it’s an ageist comment is the joke. You are so out of touch and lack thus much social skills that jokes like this fly over your head... good job...
@john emeigh ok boomer
That's either a good thing or bad thing because I'm in the middle
bad thing, many can't tell good from bad
@Huskeye ok gameboi kid
@@pohakumana4288 Why is it a bad thing?
@@nohomolads false hopes, like the lotto, you buy that too?
@@pohakumana4288 yeah but you can get a scholarship
The vibe of that gaming class seems like a summer camp. I would be down for that.
5 hours a weekend that’s a 12 hours at least
1:13 anyone catch that guy in the back?
xD
Weekdays he only plays an hour or two and he only plays about five hours on weekends. Rookie numbers
If schools stopped teaching B.S. maybe kids would be more interested.
Teaching age relevant subjects is the answer.
Mandatory suit up for gym period too.
Shoeless b
They’re not teaching it. It’s an extracurricular activity just like football, golf, chess club, pep club, choir, dance club, or any other activity.
The concept isn’t new; just the technology.
Some of you seriously need to step down from your high horses.
This is a good video. I’m a 17 yr old from Michigan and I’m part of the FGC and I’m also a musician. I own a small team (not monetized yet fairly new) called MI Haikyu. Also I am a senior this year in hs. #ClassOf2021. And we do have school esports, but our only fighting game is Smash ultimate, I think we have League of Legends as well, but as I’m part of the FGC, we should have Tekken or Street Fighter this year In HS esports for our school.
I wish I had parents like his.
Same. They lament the fact that I play video games. Even though I'm on my school's esports team, I'm not able to take it seriously with how little they let me play.
wonder how asian parents react to this. (asian american parents)
If i had his parents i would be playing 4 hour at the minimum every week day even if i was sick and on weekends 12 hours at minimium i mean i already play 12 hours on weekends non stop and its fun for me and if you're wondering what I play it's Rainbow6
Check Body language of college
Grads first boarding, then leaving
what they got invited to aboard
the Navy's ship.
I really want to do something like this
Check Body language of college
Grads first boarding, then leaving
what they got invited to aboard
the ship.
The dude at the beginning looks like he needs more exercise
i didnt know they delivered pizza that wasnt already cut
Money money money it’s all about the money
No one:
Him:REINHARDT!
That teacher is being paid to do nothing, the students run the after school club.
While it is true that students run the club the majority of the time, our sponsor allows the club to be recognized as an official club bringing some organization and recognition as a club to the school! We are all very thankful for Mr. Millers Contributions as our councelor, I can understand the confusion though
@@jdmaster6368 Maybe so, but let's be honest here. This man has orchestrated a way to get paid extra money to essentially do nothing.
@@joshuatelem8796 he doesnt get paid for this, its almost purely volunteer work from him, he gets paid little to nothing for doing this for us, he just wants whats best for his students
@@jdmaster6368 I can almost certainly assure you that this man is being paid. Do you honestly think it's a coincidence that he'd have a hand in forming a club that would run itself while he's paid to sit around and do nothing?
I don't blame him for trying to get extra money on his paycheck, but it's unfair to teachers who put in time and effort to run clubs while this sits on his a** and collects paychecks.
@@joshuatelem8796 as one of the founding members of this very club last year and the kid literally in this video I do happen to know how it works, sponsors at FHC don't get payed for being sponsors its only until you register your club as a club sport that you get "payed" and its miniscule in comparison to the needs of the club it is literally not worth his time, but he does it anyway because he wants the opportunity to help his students get scholarships and build life skills
How do I sign up?
the easiest way to get money IMO is to play fortnite and get to champions to compete in cash cups. I know friends that have hundreds in earnings just by getting to champions league in arena and doing cash cups.
Thanks man 🤟
LOL my parents never want go support me and now i have 24k in earnings from VIDEO GAMES
Only truth nbc has ever reported on
“Reinhart”
-this chad
Jokes aside this dude is a badass
@@bs.music.kyi9 u have the wrong definition of a badass
how on eearth he didnt mention Dota2?
I wish i had this opportunity.
cuz you're a video geek?
Pohaku Mana
And you’re a keyboard warrior. I think we all know who wins the all time loser award.
Idk, feels like after a while it'd be poison.
so you are saying I could have spent my time on league
Wadda bout For Honor?!?! D:
Imagine ur parents making you play overwatch looool
Although this does seem potentially to be a stepping stone into college for those General Studies. And other academic opportunities.. it seems to make a farce of opportunity and skill.. it's a cheap manipulative ploy to get a foot forward. That of course just a loose ball park assessment. In the line of objectivity
Do you know how difficult it is to become a professional eSports player
Dude its easier to be a gold medal Olympic champion then to become a professional e sports player like it's unbearable
hope this applies to all lol
Of course! At fhc and many many other schools LoL is the premier esport to run at every level we only show OW in THIS video but i would say that there are probably more LoL high school teams than OW teams just an estimate though
smash isnt a team game
i approve 👍 :)
Anyone down to make a modern warfare team, or lemme join?
call of duty isnt really a competitive game, its way to easy to get kills on fast paced ads games, compared to games like CS:GO, you have to memorize the map layout, spray control, flash pops, etc.
Add me to the team bro
...im in
Muscle free dweebs can end up at the top of th he NSA
Virginia B. Britton that doesn’t always mean they are muscle free. My son is extremely athletic as a runner through XC and the track team. He’s also training for special ops in 11th grade. He’s won awards for computers and is also one of the best gammers .
One guys Gamer Tag is PashaBiceps and not only is he ripped he said in a interview that sometimes he does not do well if there was not a good Gym where he was going.
Virginia B. Britton ok boomer
What does video gaming contribute to society?
ZERO except they are training drone pilots and mass shooters
@@djdndbjxnhisdj3419 they are training jews? Or are you telling us what your name means?
They are a big part of the economy. Think of all the people employed just because of video games.
Noplay it’s the same thing as sports tbh entertainment and competition
we contribute in mass shooting useless real world people
I don’t thing any esports org is scouting at the collegial level
no there definitely are maybe not tier 1 but there's for sure tier 2s and 3s
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Another way to look at it.. the college is buying out of expedience..... Sports slaves of all varieties.$ not really caring about their well-being.. some way for the college to make money.. although it can be an illicit reciprocity if the recipient of Scholarship takes advantage of the opportunity..
Ridiculous.
Ok boomer
I think they'd be better off with a PhD ultimately in General Studies rather than this esoteric opportunity of chair sitting and time-wasting... I think it's like the emperor with no thing to do.. as an aspiration and utilitarian career goal.
Jack Parker works at McDonald’s
@@geekenergy I'm probably not trying but somehow I don't quite understand that remark. And the more I do the worse it gets Maybe
@@geekenergy I comment on so many videos it's hard to retrace memory what the video was about
Ok boomer
Maybe someday who knows who's nose.... a booger picking scholarship
You have to freakin be kidding me with this bs, are they serious?
Orlando Sanchez they’ll make double what you do
Ok boomer
Yes we are serious its a changing world out there man its becoming just like any other high school sport and its incredible, kids who used to stay at home alone now have the opportunity to do something they enjoy doing with the real people around them and experience what its like to be apart of a team
Ok Boomer
How Dare You! Taking somewhat intelligent kiddies out of the system. That could otherwise be working on trivial topics such as medical, pollution, solving war issues, poverty, housing, energy and food sorces. These people are effectively dead inside and out.
so are football players after 20 years of concussions. lol
@@holdmybeer football players were not necessarily scholastic over achievers. these kids are from the top percentile, and unfortunately, they have been culled from the herd
@@jmack619
im guessing you're a football fan. and your argument holds no water. sorry pal. and are you calling football players dumb?
@@holdmybeer not dumb at all. that is your word. they make tons of money from their skill set. They possibly would not do as well in science , health, and the like.
The scholarship allows them to go to college to learn a career. Maybe a couple of them make it to the pros, but most of them will simply use the opportunity to get a degree. That IS the point after all.
You people act like they’re trying to get a degree in computer gaming. You’ve got to have an extremely low IQ to not understand how scholarships work.