Despite the postponements and cancellations taking place in the sports world right now, one sport has not slowed down — in fact, esports has seen a rise in popularity during the quarantine. At Marquette, the Esports team cannot meet in person but are still competing in online tournaments from their homes.
Live sports games have been brought to a halt, but activity in the online gaming world has skyrocketed along with the esports community. So far, there have been several professional player tournaments where mainstream athletes take to online platforms to compete. The NBA community took to NBA 2K20, the online basketball video game, to match up while in the NASCAR community, some of the drivers are beginning to do online races.