LOL玩家有福了 美大學設(shè)英雄聯(lián)盟獎學金

The University of Pikeville has become one of thesmall number of American institutions of higherlearning to add competitive gaming to the list ofsports programs they offer scholarships for.

美國肯塔基州的派克維爾學院已將電子游戲正式定為一項運動課程，并提供獎學金。這一舉動使派克維爾學院成為了美國為數(shù)不多的愿意為游戲玩家提供獎學金的院校。

Yahoo! News spoke to coach and alumni EricVanHoose, as well as Pikeville’s new media directorBruce Parsons, about the program, which plans tooffere 20 scholarships for players matriculating in theFall 2015 semester.

派克維爾學院的新任媒體主管布魯斯·帕森斯表示，學院計劃在2015年秋季為英雄聯(lián)盟比賽提供20個獎學金名額。

 

 

“It will be a regime a lot like athletics,” Parsons said. “[Students will] have to have a certainGPA. We’ll look at them like student athletes. There will be practice time and video time whenthey have to study other teams for upcoming competitions.”

帕森斯說：“這個獎學金的選拔將會和運動員獎學金類似。申請者們的GPA必須要達到一定水平，我們會把他們視為學生運動員。到時會有練習時間和比賽時間，他們需要研究對方的團隊。”

Presumably players will also be held to certain standards of behavior in game and out, as aremany student athletes in traditional sports.

這樣看來，玩家在比賽時及比賽之外可能也需要達到一定標準，就像傳統(tǒng)運動項目中的學生運動員一樣。

While I have no doubt that the University will create and manage a competitive League ofLegends team, I can’t help but feel that the creation of the scholarships are more aboutdirecting curious attention, and perhaps some gaming-related sponsorship dollars, towardsthe school, rather than an entirely sincere appreciation for gaming as a sport. But then, thesame could be said about college football in many places, I am sure.

雖然對學校創(chuàng)立和管理一個有競爭力的英雄聯(lián)盟團隊沒有懷疑，但還是讓人有所質(zhì)疑的是，設(shè)立這個獎學金更多的是為了吸引人們的眼球，還可能讓學校獲得更多的與游戲相關(guān)的贊助，而不是完全誠心把游戲看作運動項目。不過話又說回來，許多大學的橄欖球比賽也可能是這種情況。