{"id":6077,"date":"2018-11-16T01:03:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T01:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=6077"},"modified":"2020-10-05T23:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T03:14:08","slug":"usc-games-establishes-esports-union-college-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/usc-games-establishes-esports-union-college-program\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Games establishes Esports Union college program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ONE of North America&#8217;s best game design programs, USC Games, has announced the USC Esports Union (ESU) \u2014 the first official collegiate esports program, to be held during the annual USC Conquest Event.<\/p>\n<p>The Conquest Event celebrates the UAC and UCLA cross-town collegiate rivalry and will be held in the lead up to the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins\u2019 football game on campus Saturday, November 17.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Daley, the Dean of USC Cinematic Arts and Danny Bilson, Chair of the Interactive Media &#038; Games Division, revealed the USC Esports Union this week, saying that it will focus on developing eSports teams and individuals that can secure followings.<\/p>\n<p>Could this be the start of <a title=\"NCAA football betting guide\" href=\"https:\/\/bettingplanet.com\/us\/football\/ncaa\/\">a whole new NCAA American college sporting ground<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The USC Esports Union will also feature a special curriculum designed to prepare students for jobs in the eSports and gaming industry. There will be industry-sponsored design courses, as well as management, promotion, marketing, and other elements of the esports business. <\/p>\n<p>The ESU has nominated <a title=\"How to bet and profit on League of Legends\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\">League of Legends as its first playing title<\/a> \u2014 that can be attributed to the involvement of Riot Games founding members and former USC alumni, Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aspire for \u2018League of Legends\u2019 to be a global sport that lasts for generations, and we\u2019re thrilled to see our Alma Mater, a school right in our backyard, join us in making that mission a reality,\u201d said Beck and Merrill in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of North America&#8217;s best game design programs, USC Games, has announced the USC Esports Union (ESU) \u2014 the first official collegiate esports program, to be held during the annual USC Conquest Event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,504,503],"class_list":["post-6077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-usc-esports-union","tag-usc-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6077"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14509,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077\/revisions\/14509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}