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# Blizzard will now pay for you to play esports at the college level
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/blizzard-now-paying-you-play-esports-college-level/
- Published: 2014-02-10T17:43:30.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:26:04.000Z
- Description: We’re one step closer to realizing everyone’s childhood dream of getting a scholarship for playing videogames, as Blizzard has begun a campaign to promote and fund collegiate esports. The way it works is this: the Starcraft developer incentivizes campuses who sign up for their Membership Milestone P
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, esports, league of legends, Major League gaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

We’re one step closer to realizing everyone’s childhood dream of getting a scholarship for playing videogames, as [Blizzard has begun a campaign to promote and fund collegiate esports](http://www.dailydot.com/esports/blizzard-esports-tespa-partnership/?ref=killscreen.com). The way it works is this: the *Starcraft* developer incentivizes campuses who sign up for their Membership Milestone Program, giving them grant money to throw pro-caliber esport tourneys.

Part of the incentive program is aimed at college kids. If they form a club and register it through the program, they can earn website domains, cash prizes, mice, headsets, a trip to Blizzard, and most importantly, free t-shirts, because gamers love free t-shirts.

Placing esports in colleges alongside sports like lacrosse seems like the right step towards esports becoming more widely accepted as a sport. Riot Games already has a similar program in place for *League of Legends*, and this will give official school-sanctioned esports a further push. If only they had *Smash Bros.* teams when I was in college.