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Building a Collegiate Esports Program (with ZyroDegrees)

Is esports the next "big thing" at institutions of higher learning?

In this episode, Lainie and Tevin interview ZyroDegrees, a manager for Skirata Gaming and the director of Fayetteville State University's new esports program. Their conversation focuses on Zyro's personal interest in competitive gaming, his history running gaming organizations, and how a combination of the two led him to build his university esports teams from the ground up.

Esports is a billion-dollar industry, and from the standpoint of a lot of universities, it's another way to get students to come to school ... It is a booming business, and the world is evolving. If you want to be a competing university, to stay alive for the next 15-20 years, you gotta have an esports program.

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