Genesis of an Industry: The Emerging Workforce and Regulations of esports

By Ellen M. Zavian and Jim Schmitz   Did you play Pong? Atari’s table tennis game, played on a screen, debuted in 1972 and quickly became the dominant video game of the era. If you played Pong, then you were playing esports! The “e” stands for electronic and “sports” is a proxy for competition — intense competition. Now imagine playing in a Pong tournament for huge amounts of money, in front of thousands of fans, who are watching from around the world.   This is what we mea