A post on the Collegiate Star League website has announced that Campus Insiders are the CSL's official media partner for the 2016-17 season. This means that Campus Insiders will produce and share video content on CSL's esports leagues and tournaments.
CSL provides competitive esports for college campuses across the USA and Canada, and to increase exposure can only be a good thing for the future of collegiate esports, which can potentially nurture future stars in the field. CSL contains 1,000 teams from 700 campuses across games like Dota 2, League of Legends, and Vainglory.
CSL already have a digital platform for news, but this will increase the prominence of their content, especially since Campus Insiders stream in multiple places.
"Collegiate esports is a steady growth area for the esports industry as a whole," the announcement reads. "In the past seven years since the CSL's inception, hundreds of esports clubs representing thousands of students have sprouted up at campuses across North America with numerous intramural and intercollegiate events taking place to support them. While collegiate esports is still in its development stage, the partnership between CSL and Campus Insiders will allow fans a chance to receive reliable coverage of the future as it unfolds in real-time."
"It's exciting to see esports at the collegiate level getting the recognition it deserves," commented Duran Parsi, CEO of the Collegiate Star League. "With competitive video gaming a becoming strong spectator-sports, students and alumni need a reliable outlet like Campus Insiders that allows them to track their favourite esports teams just like they do traditional sports teams."
The partnership also allows CSL to provide more live events too. Do you think collegiate esports should be given more attention?
