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.

What does scholarship mean?
financial assistance
play a game
varsity sports
chance to be different
How many girls play video games?
nearly half
more than a few
not very many
just a handful
Video games are becoming big business.
entirely boys
less interesting
dangerous and scary
big business