I might let you call me a prophet, a little earlier than expected. I kid, I kid, and I was kidding in agreement with Major League Gaming to cover the 2008 Pro Circuit competitions, with streamed match-ups, player interviews, scores, stats, et cetera.
Right now it seems like the beginning stages – short segments, matches, and reporting and more coverage at ESPN360.com, but ESPN executives acknowledge that the next step may be to cover an entire MLG season on one its channels.
Yup, next stop: pay-per-view. What do you think? Maybe by 2011? Sponsored by Google's surprise entry into the console market, a high tech, lightweight, data-in-the-cloud-driven, Apple collaboration called iGame?
No, that might be too exciting.
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