From fun to profession: the legitimation of e-sport as a sport in debate

In view of the growing evolution of electronic games and their relevance in the scenario of sports competitions, the importance of discussing the legitimacy of games known as e Sports as an authentic sports category becomes increasingly important. In this sense, the present work proposes to show the path taken by electronic games from its use as a kind of toy to the current context with its insertion in the contemporary sports modality of e Sports. It was also sought to emphasize the defense of labor rights that professional players would enjoy as a result of the legitimacy and regulation of e-Sports as a sport. For this, an extensive bibliographic survey was carried out and it was found that there is a solid base of economic data, reports and research that make this path possible. It could be verified that e-Sports have a wide range of characteristics that bring them closer to traditional sports categories and have conditions to be recognized as a contemporary sport. The new professions that emerged from the borders opened by the advancement of technology must be aligned with social rights, in order to value human dignity; health promotion and labor rights.