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LOVERRO: ESports just a gateway drug to hook lost generation of sports junkies

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Forget the NFL and its conference title games. The NBA? It’s cute, but so yesterday.

Speaking of yesterday — baseball? A Smithsonian exhibit.

No, if you believe the latest hype, the future of professional sports are guys like Jugdish, Sidney and Clayton, sitting around playing video games — while other Jugdishes, Sidneys and Claytons watch them.

Yes, step aside Tom Brady, James Harden and Bryce Harper — the Animal House pledge rejects are about the rule the sports world.

Get ready for eSports, baby — it’s fantastic.

Reportedly, rich and successful businessmen — many of which have never likely operated a joystick — are falling over each other to invest money in the world of eSports — the “e” representing electronic.