Gamers can get paid

I was just reading up on an article that interested me, and its about a guy that conducts a series of tests on computer gamers, to assess them, and see if there are similarities to professional athletes, as now they want to make gaming a "sport". Dr Micklewright, from the University of Essex, did these tests at the Gadget Show live last year in April, and could see that they had reaction times similar to athletes, but a few, their health was bad, one example, a 20 year old was told that he had the lung function and aerobic fitness of a 60 year old smoker. They recorded this live for BBC Radio 4, it was on iPlayer but now has been taken off.

Here is the blog about it http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2010/06/the_esportsmen_cyber_athletes.html

I thought to myself, to be classified as a sport, there has to be some sort of physical movement, even in darts and snooker you move, in games, your thumbs move, and you are sat on your backside. I personally think its just a easy way out, like the army, for all those kids in school that underperform, and have no skill that will help them get work after they finish, and what do they do most of the time? Play videogames, its so easy to become distracted, and not be aware of risks that can occur, and the parents should be the ones to make sure their child doesn't end up with bad eyesight, or end up doing rubbish in school.