LOL玩家有福了 美大學設英雄聯盟獎學金大綱

The University of Pikeville has become one of the small number of American institutions of higher learning to add competitive gaming to the list of sports programs they offer scholarships for.

美國肯塔基州的派克維爾學院已將電子遊戲正式定爲一項運動課程，並提供獎學金。這一舉動使派克維爾學院成爲了美國爲數不多的願意爲遊戲玩家提供獎學金的院校。

Yahoo! News spoke to coach and alumni Eric VanHoose, as well as Pikeville’s new media director Bruce Parsons, about the program, which plans to offere 20 scholarships for players matriculating in the Fall 2015 semester.

派克維爾學院的新任媒體主管布魯斯·帕森斯表示，學院計劃在2015年秋季爲英雄聯盟比賽提供20個獎學金名額。

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

帕森斯說：“這個獎學金的選拔將會和運動員獎學金類似。申請者們的GPA必須要達到一定水平，我們會把他們視爲學生運動員。到時會有練習時間和比賽時間，他們需要研究對方的團隊。”

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

這樣看來，玩家在比賽時及比賽之外可能也需要達到一定標準，就像傳統運動項目中的學生運動員一樣。

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

雖然對學校創立和管理一個有競爭力的英雄聯盟團隊沒有懷疑，但還是讓人有所質疑的是，設立這個獎學金更多的是爲了吸引人們的眼球，還可能讓學校獲得更多的與遊戲相關的贊助，而不是完全誠心把遊戲看作運動項目。不過話又說回來，許多大學的橄欖球比賽也可能是這種情況。