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The booming collegiate esports scene means offering scholarships to attract the best players. MSU’s growing program will start the scholarships in the fall.

It’s a norm at many colleges and universities to treat esports just like varsity sports, down to offering scholarships to land the best players.

The fighting video game, which debuted in 1999, still has a strong following. But finding the old video game equipment to play Super Smash Bros. is another story.

Chis Bilski, a Grand Rapids native, is MSU’s first Director of ESports. He is tasked with growing MSU’s surging program and providing direction in the expanding field.

Grand Valley State, Ferris State and Cleary Universities are throwing money and building facilities for esports, looking to capture the growing market.

The sport of chess is not new, but it’s become the cool thing to play because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit.”Let me…