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The Economics and Finance of Professional Team Sports
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The Economics and Finance of Professional Team Sports

by Daniel Plumley, Rob Wilson
December 2022
Intermediate to advanced
186 pages
6h 9m
English
Routledge
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16 ESPORTS IN PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORT

DOI: 10.4324/9781003130130-19

We are aware that esports is not an emerging trend. Indeed, the predicted revenue figures for the esports market in 2024 are estimated to be in the region of $1.6 billion. If achieved, this will have grown from $958m in just five short years from 2019. With this in mind, we cannot exactly call it emerging. However, we do believe that it has the potential to be disruptive, especially when we focus on the impact of esports on professional team sport and sport teams. The big question on the horizon is whether esports look to compete with traditional sports or join forces with professional teams and sports to grow even further. Both may yet also come to fruition. There has certainly ...

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