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Professional League of Legends recognized as a sport by the U.S. Government - chrome - 2013-07-12 According to Deman, LCS is now recognized as an official sports organization together with the NBA, NFL, etc... Professional League of Legends recognized as a sport by the U.S. Government - Chazay - 2013-07-13 This is really good news. Now I can watch League highlights on Sportcenter while I catch up on the latest Kobe Bryant plays! Professional League of Legends recognized as a sport by the U.S. Government - Takebacker - 2013-07-13 Well...that's a first. Professional League of Legends recognized as a sport by the U.S. Government - Nion - 2013-07-13 Well, I'm happy since we're closer to getting closer to Korea's e-sports policy. Professional League of Legends recognized as a sport by the U.S. Government - Derosis - 2013-07-14 And so what does this means exactly? Like benefit wise. I don't think LCS or any kind of league related event will be on State-side TV's or anything yet. Professional League of Legends recognized as a sport by the U.S. Government - chrome - 2013-07-14 At least within the LCS and international competition it's pretty big. If you remember, Shiphtur couldn't play past week 2 of the spring split because of visa issues, and the NA team got held up with all-stars because of visa issues. None of that is a problem now. Professional League of Legends recognized as a sport by the U.S. Government - PirateIzzy - 2013-07-14 I have thing to say to that: LoL Ba dum tsh