- E-sports. Fortnite had it's World Cup this weekend, and the $30,000,000 prize pool for 200 young players was the easy headline.
Too bad a second story looks like it shows again why e-sports badly needs an outside intervention of some type.
Two months before the World Cup, Ronaldo and XXiF were fired from their e-sports team and banned for two weeks of the Fortnite World Cup qualifiers for being the recipients of feeding kills from other players -- a form of match-fixing common in the PvP world.
They still were allowed to compete in the World Cup Qualifiers after the suspension -- even though they were exposed as cheating during the qualifiers!!! -- and won a $100,000 prize, $50,000 each, for making the Duos finals -- even though they were exposed as cheating during the qualifiers!!! (Kotaku)
- NFL. The Tyreek Hill story sounds like it's going to be THE polarizing story of at least the training camps and preseasons with fans.
In looking over suspension logs for previous blotters, I've noticed a lot of blowback on the NFL's continuing decision not to suspend Tyreek Hill of Kansas City for beating his son and possibly his wife as well!
The NFL could not get sufficient cooperation to determine whether Hill violated the Personal Conduct and Domestic Violence Policies. And now Hill ADMITS he beats his three-year old son by punching him in the chest and passing it off as "boxing practice". (Deadspin)
What the unholy fuck??? This is, of course, the same team forced to fire Kareem Hunt after HIS video came out, pretty much scuttling any chance of them going to the Super Bowl last year after being pushed for much of the season!
Nobody bats a sufficient eyelash at any of this shit to start asking about if this kind of stuff is stealth-allowed because it generates interest??? The cheating duo was a focal point of discussion and cheered when they were eliminated on Saturday. And Hill is going to make sure that the NFL stays near the front pages...
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