Could video games be considered a sport?

Video games are one of the biggest past-time actives around the world. May people play them for fun but many take gaming seriously and it gets very competitive to be the best. Video games also have there own league(Major League Gaming) which is free to join and is for all genres and systems. Anyone can make a group of people or friends to compete against each other to win prizes and money. It is very fun, competitive, skillful and team based. Games can be posted on players blogs along with screenshots and scores.

Studies say that at least 52% of all house holds have at least one video game consoles( Xbox, PS3, Wii,) not including PCs and PC gaming. Studies also say the average hours of video games played around the age of 25-34 is around 15-20 hours a week. The video game market is huge making annual revenue of 25 billion dollars in video game sales not including consoles sales.

Could video games be considered a sport? I would fully support yes. The definition of the word "sport" is being competitive, fun, and team work. Video games meet all that criteria. Anyone can play and compete which means it doesn't single out a specific group of people. You don't have to be an athlete to play and its free to join. On top of that company's make alot of money since games are advertised on all the sites and all the top rated games are played by the "pros". Video games is a growing market and will continue to grow, everyone benefits.