Alex Jebailey is a trendsetter within the Fighting Game Community. Having a history of running successful events with his CEO brand of tournaments–as well as working for Dreamhack–he has made quite the name for himself.
Earlier in the month, Jebailey was invited to speak at the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2017 Business of Sports event. He has since talked to theScore about the experience. He talked about the importance of sponsorship within the FGC, as well as the low risk factor in companies getting involved. “The FGC is a pretty cheap space compared to other esports,” he stated. “They could give me 100 grand and I could run a successful event. To them, 100 grand is just another day of their budgeting.”
He further discussed sports companies’ decisions to get involved, stating, “Obviously it is about the money to any business, that’s how they work… A lot of them were just inspired by how fast it’s growing, and wondering where do they come in.”
Source: theScore esports