LOL玩家有福了 美大學(xué)設(shè)英雄聯(lián)盟獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金

The University of Pikeville has become one of thesmall number of American institutions of higherlearning to add competitive gaming to the list ofsports programs they offer scholarships for.

美國(guó)肯塔基州的派克維爾學(xué)院已將電子游戲正式定為一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)課程，并提供獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。這一舉動(dòng)使派克維爾學(xué)院成為了美國(guó)為數(shù)不多的愿意為游戲玩家提供獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金的院校。

Yahoo! News spoke to coach and alumni EricVanHoose, as well as Pikeville’s new media directorBruce Parsons, about the program, which plans tooffere 20 scholarships for players matriculating in theFall 2015 semester.

派克維爾學(xué)院的新任媒體主管布魯斯·帕森斯表示，學(xué)院計(jì)劃在2015年秋季為英雄聯(lián)盟比賽提供20個(gè)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金名額。

 

 

“It will be a regime a lot like athletics,” Parsons said. “[Students will] have to have a certainGPA. We’ll look at them like student athletes. There will be practice time and video time whenthey have to study other teams for upcoming competitions.”

帕森斯說(shuō)：“這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金的選拔將會(huì)和運(yùn)動(dòng)員獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金類似。申請(qǐng)者們的GPA必須要達(dá)到一定水平，我們會(huì)把他們視為學(xué)生運(yùn)動(dòng)員。到時(shí)會(huì)有練習(xí)時(shí)間和比賽時(shí)間，他們需要研究對(duì)方的團(tuán)隊(duì)。”

Presumably players will also be held to certain standards of behavior in game and out, as aremany student athletes in traditional sports.

這樣看來(lái)，玩家在比賽時(shí)及比賽之外可能也需要達(dá)到一定標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，就像傳統(tǒng)運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目中的學(xué)生運(yùn)動(dòng)員一樣。

While I have no doubt that the University will create and manage a competitive League ofLegends team, I can’t help but feel that the creation of the scholarships are more aboutdirecting curious attention, and perhaps some gaming-related sponsorship dollars, towardsthe school, rather than an entirely sincere appreciation for gaming as a sport. But then, thesame could be said about college football in many places, I am sure.

雖然對(duì)學(xué)校創(chuàng)立和管理一個(gè)有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的英雄聯(lián)盟團(tuán)隊(duì)沒(méi)有懷疑，但還是讓人有所質(zhì)疑的是，設(shè)立這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金更多的是為了吸引人們的眼球，還可能讓學(xué)校獲得更多的與游戲相關(guān)的贊助，而不是完全誠(chéng)心把游戲看作運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目。不過(guò)話又說(shuō)回來(lái)，許多大學(xué)的橄欖球比賽也可能是這種情況。