In Chicago, Illinois, the Robert Morris University Illinois has a gaming team. You can get a scholarship to play video games. That’s right. You can get a scholarship to play video games for the Robert Morris University Illinois. Derek Michaeu played baseball and ruined his shoulder as a pitcher. He then came back and wanted to play catcher until he blew out one of his knees. After that, he was offered a scholarship at RMU for their eSports gaming program. He said he told his mom and she thought it was a scam. RMU gives out 35 scholarships to play video games in their top of the line gaming lab with all of their sponsors in the industry. Gaming is a big industry. Last year the Staples center in Los Angeles sold out for the League of Legends championship.

The author of this article was not biased. My classmate Xavier’s opinion on this article is,” I think it’s awesome. It would be so much fun to play video games for your school. It is still weird.”