Are the Excel Championships Really an eSport?

About this episode

The episode explores whether the Excel Championships qualify as an eSport and discusses its implications for business and gambling.

Are the Excel Championships just another bit of content for ESPN? Could it keep the Pac 12 alive? More importantly, is it an eSport and can we gamble on it? Listen in! Featured Guests Andrew Grigolyunovich - Founder and CEO of the Financial Modeling World Cup David Clayton Brown, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Finance at the Eller College of Business at the University of Arizona "Mr. Excel" Bill Jelen - Excel Expert, Consultant, Author & Play-by-Play Announcer Adrien Bouchet, Ph.D. - Richard & Helen DeVos Foundation Endowed Chair; Eminent Scholar of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at UCF Sean Dennis, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting at UCF Episode Transcription Announcer from the movie "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story": Live from Las Vegas, It's the Las Vegas International Dodge Ball Open here on ESPN 8: The Ocho, bringing you the finest in seldom scene sports from around the globe since 1999. If it's almost a sport, we've got it here. Paul Jarley: But I have to admit I did not see this coming. This show is all about separating hype from fundamental change. I'm Paul Jarley, Dean of the College of Business here at UCF. I've got lots…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Jarley

Guests: Andrew Grigolyunovich, Sean Dennis Ph D, Mr Excel Bill Jelen, Adrien Bouchet Ph D, David Clayton Brown Ph D

Topics covered

• Excel Championships
• eSports
• gambling
• business

Keywords

• Pac 12
• ESPN
• financial modeling

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Excel, ModelOff

Books & works: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Dodgeball, Average Joe's

Places: Las Vegas, Latvia, Australia, London

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