“Esports without a doubt can be considered sports.” Those are the words of the Polish president, Andrzej Duda. At a conference where eight Polish FIFA representatives were introduced to take part in the FIFA eWorld Cup 2019 by the president himself, he also gave a speech on why he thinks that esports could very well be counted as a sport. Various Polish sources have reported on this including cybersport.pl and TVP.info, and being a fluent Polish speaker myself, I have translated relevant sections for the Daily Esports audience.
The head of Poland seemed ecstatic about the select FIFA players competing on an international stage under the Polish colors at FIFA eWorld Cup. He claimed, “Young people, who are among the world’s best in something that is very modern today, is very important. It’s personal development but also a technical development on a world level.”
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