eSports accelerated their mainstream momentum with their newest crop of celebrity investors with the likes of Shaquille O’Neil, Alex Rodriguez and MLB Short-stop Jimmy Rollins. Amplifying this new era of competition are Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov, both minority owners of the Sacramento Kings.
Boasting a deep understanding of the traditional professional sports arena, Miller and Mastrov concluded quickly that replicating their investments in eSports was their next venture.
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“I’ve been a sports guy all of my life and started to hear more and more about eSports so I started to investigate to see if there would be a good place for investment,” Miller told Justin Mozer at Postgame.