Video: Scholarships for gamers

In this Sept. 23, 2014 photo, Robert Morris University Illinois student Dean Mitchell practices playing the video game "League of Legends" with his collegiate teammates at their on-campus training facility in Chicago. The small private university is offering hefty scholarships for players of "League of Legends," which has become one of the most popular games for organized team competitions nationwide. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

In this Sept. 23, 2014 photo, Robert Morris University Illinois student Dean Mitchell practices playing the video game "League of Legends" with his collegiate teammates at their on-campus training facility in Chicago. The small private university is offering hefty scholarships for players of "League of Legends," which has become one of the most popular games for organized team competitions nationwide. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Published Oct 6, 2014

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Chicago's Robert Morris University has become the first school in the US to award athletic scholarships to video gamers.

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