>>33implying that a video game takes more activity and training than baseball
oh lawd. you make me lol.
With the pro baseballers, it's eat, sleep, baseball, every day of the year, and the best players make up to nine-digit salaries now. The only thing keeping the dedicated high school and college players from training full-time is their studies.
40k more people attended the 2005 World Series (which was a four-game sweep, so there could've been 120k more spectators on top of that) than your video game championship.
You're not risking heat stroke, a 85-100 mph fastball that will break your arm, leg or face if it hits you, or any other sort of injury when you play a video game. I highly doubt a pro Starcrafter will ever require Tommy John surgery from playing his video games. Aside from your hands and eyes, nothing physical is required to play a video game.
A million people can attend one of your events for all I care, but in the end, it's a million people watching a few guys play video games.
Oh, and another thing.
I can still play my sport if the power goes out, for baseball doesn't need an electrical outlet.
/sage