NBA 76'ers acquire Esports team Dignitas

[Gogan]

Wow, that's... odd.

I love that esports is becoming more mainstream. I'm leery of them getting in bed with established media companies though -- and I count any NBA/NFL/MLB/etc team the same as FOX, CBS, ESPN, etc. I don't want to see a world where we have to subscribe to TV channel X in order to watch our favorite esport team or match. I think it's possible the cable conglomerates could be displaced with online streaming services like Twitch/Amazon/Netflix -- and the TV cable industry desperately needs to be shaken up -- but not if everyone sells out to them.

Look at the Oakland Raiders, for example. If they don't sell X number of tickets, they don't televise their game locally. That's a really shitty thing to do. There's no reason why similar things can't happen in the esports world once big money gets their hands on it.