{"id":690,"date":"2020-07-10T15:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T15:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brav.org\/?p=690"},"modified":"2020-07-10T15:13:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T15:13:25","slug":"video-gaming-is-now-a-sport-a-win-for-brav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brav.org\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"Video Gaming is Now a Sport &#8211; a Win for Br\u0101v"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Robert Morris University, a private school in Chicago, just became the first<br>to recognize video games as a varsity sport. That means video games are<br>now eligible for privileges coveted by sports teams, including athletic<br>scholarships.<br>E-sports are increasing in popularity each year and understandably so; they<br>are often interesting, exciting, and studies show they can cause increases in<br>the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation<br>and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills.<br>That&#8217;s why we believe that training to become a Br\u0101v One should<br>incorporate esports. Imagine a Grand Theft Auto version of your life, and<br>learning to better navigate issues you and others face daily.<br>Depending on how quickly you successfully reach each level, you are one<br>step closer to getting certified, which looks good on school, volunteer and<br>work applications.<br>The best part for college applicants is that training also helps to hone in on<br>your esporting skills\u2026and sets you apart from other qualified candidates<br>applying for athletic scholarships.<br>\u2026but the best part for everyone is\u2026helping others in conflicts.<br>Just do it: sign up at brav.org<br>Source<br>&#8220;Robert Morris University Becomes First To Recognize Video Games As<br>Varsity Sport&#8221;<br>http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/10\/06\/video-game-scholarship-varsi<br>ty-sport_n_5940898.html#<br>http:\/\/www.mpg.de\/7588840\/video-games-brain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Morris University, a private school in Chicago, just became the firstto recognize video games as a varsity sport. That means video games arenow eligible for privileges coveted by sports teams, including athleticscholarships.E-sports are increasing in popularity each year and understandably so; theyare often interesting, exciting, and studies show they can cause increases inthe brain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brav.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}