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IOC uses silly excuse that esports are too violent for the Olympics

sudshr47 September 3, 2018

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It looks like violence in video games is still the big hurdle to bringing esports to the Olympics.

In a wide-ranging interview with the Associated Press at the Asian Games over the weekend, where esports was being held as an exhibition event, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach downplayed any hopes of bringing esports to the Olympics.

“We cannot have in the Olympic program a game which is promoting violence or discrimination. So-called killer games. They, from our point of view, are contradictory to the Olympic values and cannot therefore be accepted,” Bach said. Read more…

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