Typical university intramural sports offerings include basketball, flag football and even volleyball, but at Youngstown State University in Ohio students now have the option of video game intramurals. After a very popular video game tournament was held last spring, where there were 64 participants with 12 alternates and droves of cheering fans, YSU administrators decided to add a video-gaming league to the intramural schedule last fall.
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