Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses

Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by smrtinsert on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @05:54PM (#8726411)

bizarre. isn't this like espn buying an nfl team?

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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by Reebles on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @06:37PM (#8726611)

Plenty of media organizations have owned and continue to own sports teams.

In fact Disney simultaneously owned both ESPN and the Anaheim Angels for a number of years before selling the team.

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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by billhendricksjr on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @10:40PM (#8727552)

And the NBA owned the New Orleans franchise for a few years.

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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by ps4fanboy on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @06:28PM (#8726562)

I wonder if EG streams will get featured more often now.

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Re:Twitch acquires eSports pro-gaming team Evil Geniuses by effekt on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @06:40PM (#8726622)

No.

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