In the United States, multi-player video games are becoming big business. The industry is expected to earn over $1 billion in profits this year. More and more colleges and universities are creating e-sports programs. Some colleges are even offering top players scholarship money. But most of those scholarships have been going to male players. The situation risks following a path similar to American football. High schools and colleges spend, and earn, a lot of money on the sport. American football players are almost entirely boys and men. So, males receive almost all of the resources. But nearly half the people who play video games in the U.S. are girls. So, e-sports have a chance to be different. To try to change things, a former U.S. Department of Education official has helped an all-girls school launch a varsity e-sports program.
Title: All-Girls School Becomes First in US To Have Top E-Sports Team
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/gamers.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='All-Girls School Becomes First in US To Have Top E-Sports Team' data-article-id='3998'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7063'>In the United States, multi-player video games are becoming big business.</span> <span data-start-time='7063' data-end-time='14708'>The industry is expected to earn over $1 billion in profits this year.</span> <span data-start-time='14708' data-end-time='21083'>More and more colleges and universities are creating e-sports programs.</span> <span data-start-time='21083' data-end-time='27229'>Some colleges are even offering top players scholarship money.</span> <span data-start-time='27229' data-end-time='33000'>But most of those scholarships have been going to male players.</span> <span data-start-time='33000' data-end-time='39333'>The situation risks following a path similar to American football.</span> <span data-start-time='39333' data-end-time='46438'>High schools and colleges spend, and earn, a lot of money on the sport.</span> <span data-start-time='46438' data-end-time='53042'>American football players are almost entirely boys and men.</span> <span data-start-time='53042' data-end-time='58729'>So, males receive almost all of the resources.</span> <span data-start-time='58729' data-end-time='64979'>But nearly half the people who play video games in the U.S. are girls.</span> <span data-start-time='64979' data-end-time='69271'>So, e-sports have a chance to be different.</span> <span data-start-time='69271' data-end-time='82083'>To try to change things, a former U.S. Department of Education official has helped an all-girls school launch a varsity e-sports program.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/gamers.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13336 data-hint-location='21083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/how_many_girls_play_video_games.wav'>How many girls play video games?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='nearly half'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/nearly_half.wav'><span>nearly half</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/more_than_a_few.wav'><span>more than a few</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/not_very_many.wav'><span>not very many</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/just_a_handful.wav'><span>just a handful</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13338 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/video_games_are_becoming__blank_.wav'>Video games are becoming <span class='blank'>big business</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='big business'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/entirely_boys.wav'><span>entirely boys</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/less_interesting.wav'><span>less interesting</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/dangerous_and_scary.wav'><span>dangerous and scary</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3518/big_business.wav'><span>big business</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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