Computer games can become the Olympic sport competition

6th June 2006

Global Gaming League Association conducts the negotiations with the authorities of China about the conducting within the framework of the summer Olympic Games 2008 of the exponential appearances of cyber-athlets. Head of GGL Ted Owen considers that the computer games will draw to the Olympic contests new audience. It is confident, that the computer games are worthy to be included in Olympic program as the new, the nontraditional, the form of sport. Despite the fact that the serious physical training to the cyber athlets does not be required, many computer games assume the presence of prettier visual motor coordination as in tennis and golf. At present there are three largest leagues of the computer players World Cyber Game, Cyberathlete Professional League and Major League Gaming. The sponsors and the numerous advertisers, among whom present Microsoft and Intel, promise, that cyber sport will draw large investments. The largest networks of television channels attempt to show the releases, dedicated to the competitions of cyber athlets, reports CNN Money. Meanwhile the start of cyber competitions in the program of the Olympic Games contradicts the policy of the International Olympic Committee. It, on the contrary, to attempt to detach contemporary children away from the screens and to introduce to the culture of physical training. According to Owen, representatives GGL thus far did not turn themselves to WOC. It is worthwhile to note that until the computer games even enter into the list of acknowledged WOC specific sport discipline, which have a chance in the future to become one of Olympic disciplines.