Episode 053: The eSports Money Bubble Continues to Grow

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Episode 053: The eSports Money Bubble Continues to Grow

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Overwatch League First Thoughts

• Standings (Overwatch League)
• Report: Twitch Signs Two-Year Deal With Overwatch League Worth At Least $90 Million (Kotaku Compete)
• Joe Blackburn’s Twitter Thread

Wild NFL Finish and Betting Line Cover Fail

• Vikings were forced to snap an extra-point that was meaningless to everybody except gamblers (SB Nation)

The NFL Spun Ryan Shazier into an Inspirational Story

• The NFL Turned Ryan Shazier into a Feel-Good Story Before Anyone Had a Chance to Feel Awful About It (GQ)

The Golden Knights Are the Best Expansion Team Ever

• Vegas Has The Best Expansion Team In The History Of Pro Sports, And It’s Not Close (FiveThirtyEight)

How news of a locker-room confrontation got so overblown

• Almost everything you know about the Rockets-Clippers fight is wrong
  (SB Nation)

Tournament org Rivalcade sells three franchise spots at $1 million each

• Tournament org Rivalcade sells three franchise spots at $1 million each (ESPN)

Credits

• Theme music from OverClocked ReMix (http://ocremix.org): Super Dodge Ball “Friendly Fire” by Level 99 and WillRock