I wouldn't integrate them, because they aren't a subsection of traditional sport. In many ways, they are a separate thing entirely, as different as Chess and Boxing. Like I was saying, the only reason they could be considered a "sport" is to distinguish the professionally played form from the amateur "game". So why not remove the ambiguity, and re-brand that alternate, second definition of sport to a word that everyone can then agree on as NOT having any connotations of physical exercise and fitness?
Sport as a word already has a plethora of meanings, as is evident by this thread, it already has connotations that go far beyond the definition. Why make it more confusing by trying to extend it, when it could be simplified?
Similarly, why is it so necessary that eSports be given the same Title as physical Sports?
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