S322: All Rround the World, Stadiums, and Arenas Have Fallen Silent in Recent Months: Strategic Sports Development, RP, Singapore

Assignment Topic :

A Proposal to set up a community E-Sports League in Singapore.

All around the world, stadiums, and arenas have fallen silent in recent months with the coronavirus pandemic bringing major sports leagues and events to a standstill. With mainstream sports such as football, tennis, and golf on hiatus, and as many countries place their citizens in lockdown or shelter-in-place notices, many are turning to e-sports and gaming as an alternative – either as a participant or spectator.

In Singapore, local e-sports organization Team Flash, whose players are streaming content on Facebook, said it has seen viewership treble since the pandemic started. According to e-sports analytics and market research firm Newzoo, global esports revenues will grow to US$1.1 billion (S$1.57 billion) this year, up 15.7 percent from last year. That fast-growing trajectory is set to be accelerated by the Covid-19 outbreak, said experts.

In recent years, Singapore has notched several milestones in e-sports, including two medals – bronze and silver in Hearthstone and Starcraft II respectively – at last year’s SEA Games.

Nicholas Khoo, chairman of the Singapore Cyber games and Online Gaming Association (SCOGA), said: “The ecosystem should grow if these investments are properly managed and directed and it will benefit individual talents more directly.

But other countries in the region are quickly catching up or surpassing Singapore with the rise in mobile gaming. Team Flash chief executive officer Terence Ting, who also works with players in Vietnam, believes that the local e-sports community would benefit from having a local league like Vietnam.

You are part of the Sports Sg taskforce who has been assigned to promote e-sports in the community with the aim of achieving the following objectives:

• Promote inter-generation bonding through e-sports.
• Promote social inclusiveness through e-sports
• Promote racial harmony through e-sports

With reference to the article above, put up a proposal to MCCY to set up a community e-sports league in Singapore. Your proposal must include the 8 areas as listed in the table below. The description of the deliverables for each area provides a comprehensive guide to help you in your proposal.

Area: Rationale: Review the role of e-sport as a vehicle to advance the political and social and agenda of our government in response to Covid19 crisis.

• Examine the influence of age, gender, race, and disabilities on designing the proposal.
• Evaluate the need for technological advances in enhancing the e-sports experience for the target audience.

Design: 

• Describe the stages of the Sports Development Continuum Model in relevance to the design of the proposal.
• Identify the macro-, meso- and micro-level factors contributing to the success of the proposal.

Implementation:

• Critique the advantages and disadvantages of each sport management systems and discuss their suitability for application in a city-state like Singapore as compared to other countries.
• Identify local sporting trends based on the recommendations and strategies of Vision 2030 and relate to the implementation of your proposal.

Identifications of challenges and limitations:

• To identify the challenges faced by Singapore in using e-sports to promote their social, economic, and political development.
• To make reference to the sports ecosystem

Strategies to encourage participation :

• To identify strategies used by Singapore in using e-sports as a developmental tool.
• To relate to the following model developed by Coakley (1994):

Conclusion: Conclusion to sum up key points and identify areas of support you will require from MCCY and identified stakeholder(s) to ensure the success of the proposal.