Showing posts with label bursaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bursaries. Show all posts

Friday, 7 October 2022

When esports athetes retire - what happens?

As esports grows, do so the employment opportunities.

Many Esports players retire early in their lives, usually in their late thirties to their early forties. This is due to Esports professionals' requiring rapid reactions and quick thinking.which, when athletes reach their thirties, most athletes experience their reflexes and mental clarity deteriorate.

Many athletes choose live streaming, Esports game commentary, or esports administration as worthwhile careers once their competition days are over. Many of these streamers succeed in becoming very wealthy by sharing their personalities and playing video games online. Streamers are people who want to become famous for their personalities and gaming ability. They come from a variety of backgrounds. 

However, the awards, such as Provincial and Protea Colours, which athletes can earn through Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) equip athletes with the necessary opportunity to acquire bursaries to study further at a tertiary educational level.

Such opportunity allows athletes to become experts in their field and earn far better incomes than what a retired athlete would earn on playing experience alone. 

By studying further, esports athletes are then able to enter many more fields which will aid and assist esports to a far greater degree.

MSSA thus assists BRUSA Sports - a global scholarship agency, assisting students of all sporting, gaming, academic and cultural strengths in attaining scholarships to their dream universities in the USA or Canada.

There is a great deal of competition amongst colleges in the USA for students. Colleges have long used scholarships to persuade top athletes to study at their school, thereby improving their performance in competitions and appealing to a larger number of potential students. With the explosion of Esports, colleges are now offering scholarships to Esports athletes. These scholarships can vary between partial tuition through to a full ride where everything is covered. 
BRUSA Sports helps families from start to finish, through all the intricate steps that are required in the total admissions process to reaching a globally recognised university in the USA or Canada.

    All in all, finding the most affordable route to gaining an education and playing your Esports at some of the highest levels in the world. 

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    Friday, 18 June 2021

    For our children's children...

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    So, Youth Day on 16 June 2021 has come and gone. On the holiday the same old rhetoric was made and many people and organizations were backward-looking.

    Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA), however, has a different approach. 

    MSSA likes to use the opportunity to look forward to see what it can do for the youth who are engaged in its activities, be it board games, esports, robotics, and/or wargames.

    Through participation in MSSA events, the youth are able to earn Regional, Provincial, National, and Protea Colours, in both school, student, and for senior levels, for all of the games falling under MSSA's jurisdiction.

    Such colours are vital for scholars and students to earn bursaries as athletes at schools, colleges, and universities.

    It is through the system of offering colours that MSSA has created an upward ladder through which the youth may obtain a higher level of education in order to become more productive members of the community and better taxpayers.

    It is through providing real opportunities for the youth that the sustainability of the sport is ensured, that the future of the youth is fostered, and that a greater income earning potential for athletes is created.

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    Saturday, 23 May 2020

    Paladins qualifiers for National Team Trials has been updated.

    Marisa van der Westhuizen (right) with MSSA President, Amanda Pakade (left). Marisa is the only female to have represented South Africa in two different esports titles.
    Even though not every game title held at a Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) event is played at International Esports Federation (IESF) championships - after all, MSSA hosts no fewer than 10 titles at its events - MSSA still chooses national squads for all titles played at National Championships.

     Paladins is one such title.

     Although Paladins has not yet been played at IESF World Championships, MSSA shall still select a National Squad for the title, and shall do its utmost to arrange a test match for such squad so as to ensure that the selected members of the squad may earn Protea Colours.

    It should be remembered that all members of the squad are also awarded National Federation Colours.

    Both Protea Colours and National Federation Colours are instrumental in helping Registered Players obtain bursaries to attend university.

    Itt is therefore gratifying to see the number of players who have already qualified for National Team Trials. National Team Trials shall be held on 1 & 2 August 2020, and all MSSA Regional, Provincial, and National Championship events up until such date count for such trials.

     So far nine clubs have Registered Players that have qualified for trials and it seems as though MSSA shall have a tough job in selecting the National Squad from the talented athletes listed below.

    The full list of athletes that have qualified for National Team Trials for the Paladins esports title are:
    #Full nameClubWhere qualified
    1Marisa van der WesthuizenZAG AcademyMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    2Jessie JoubertZAG AcademyMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    3Simon ZandstraZAG AcademyMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    4Brandon JoubertZAG AcademyMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    5Zander JoubertZAG AcademyMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    6Rico Gideon Hendrik VreyMonument Park High School2019 School League, 2019/2020 Squad member, 2019 SA Nationals, 2020 Western Cape Online, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    7Enrico de BeerMonument Park High School2019 School League, 2019 SA Nationals
    8Morne PutterMonument Park High School2019 School League, 2019 SA Nationals, 2020 Western Cape Online, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    9Wynand Keydie Nicholas Janse Van RensburgMonument Park High School2019 School League, 2019 SA Nationals, 2020 Western Cape Online, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    10Keagan Corné du PreezMonument Park High School2019 School League, 2019 SA Nationals, 2020 Western Cape Online, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    11Antonio ErasmusFirst in Battle (FiB)2020 Western Cape Online, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Online Provincial,
    12Nadine Richter (captain)First in Battle (FiB)2020 Western Cape Online,
    13Riaan VreyFirst in Battle (FiB)2020 Western Cape Online,
    14Richard DoyleFirst in Battle (FiB)2020 Western Cape Online, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools,
    15Trevor van der SandtFirst in Battle (FiB)2020 Western Cape Online,
    16Werner RadynFirst in Battle (FiB)2020 Western Cape Online,
    17Lenel HumanBoo Gaming2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online Provincial,
    18Zunaid EbrahimBoo Gaming2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online Provincial,
    19Ryan MakoniBoo Gaming2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online Provincial,
    20Jason PretoriusBoo Gaming2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online Provincial,
    21Wian van der MerweBoo Gaming2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online Provincial,
    22Emily LauBoo Gaming2020 Online Provincial,
    23Grayston VermeulenBoo Gaming2020 Online Provincial,
    24Taylor UsmarCurro AuroraMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    25Brandon CarrolCurro AuroraMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    26Dylan WilliamsCurro AuroraMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    27Cameron VismerCurro AuroraMpumalanga 2019, 2019/2020 Squad member
    28Joshua PhilipsCurro Mount Richmore2019 School League
    29Thailen Von AllemannCurro Mount Richmore2019 School League
    30Xavier JacobsCurro Mount Richmore2019 School League
    31Zander JoubertCurro Mount Richmore2019 School League
    32Caige LotzCurro Mount Richmore2019 School League
    33Dietloff BredenkampHoërskool Randburg2019 School League, 2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    34Hein JansenHoërskool Randburg2019 School League, 2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    35Ryan OosthuizenHoërskool Randburg2019 School League, 2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools,
    36Elgar SchoemanHoërskool Randburg2019 School League, 2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools,
    37Leo SchoemanHoërskool Randburg2019 School League, 2019 S A Nationals, 2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    38Charlie GriesselHoërskool Randburg2019 School League,
    39Wilhelm CronjeHoërskool Zwartkops2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    40Brentdon PretoriusHoërskool Zwartkops2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    41Jayson du ToitHoërskool Zwartkops2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    42Louis J Van AardtHoërskool Zwartkops2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    43Ulrich van StadenHoërskool Zwartkops2020 Online School Championships, 2020 Combined Online Schools, 2020 Online Provincial,
    44Fabio De SousaOakhill School2020 Western Cape Online,
    45Ben IngelOakhill School2020 Western Cape Online,
    46Nate MacDonaldOakhill School2020 Western Cape Online,
    47Jaden WiggOakhill School2020 Western Cape Online,

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