According to esports analyst and former Olympian Phelan Hill, esports in the UK will grow rapidly in the next few years.
While the esports industry, one of the billion-dollar industries, has become a worldwide phenomenon in recent years, popular consciousness in the UK is still cracking.
Nonetheless, Hill, who won silver for GB’s eight men at London 2012, and is now a senior consultant in sports industry Neilsen Sports at Rio 2016, predicts that esports will become more common with the growing profile of GB Rowing.
The FIFA eWorld Cup in Milan is a further success of the FIFA World cup: ‘Esports is still a fairly young sport in Great Britain, but they are growing rapidly and attracting new fans at a rapid rate.