{"id":10265,"date":"2020-01-22T01:56:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T01:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=10265"},"modified":"2020-01-22T01:56:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T01:56:21","slug":"barcelona-star-antoine-griezmann-launches-grizi-esport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/barcelona-star-antoine-griezmann-launches-grizi-esport\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona star Antoine Griezmann launches Grizi Esport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antoine Griezmann has announced on social media that he is preparing to launch his own esports organisation, Grizi Esport, which will compete in as many as five major gaming titles.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement surfaced on Tuesday, January 21 on the FC Barcelona star&#8217;s official Twitter account, where he posted a short video unveiling the project he will launch in collaboration with his brother Theo Griezmann.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Pr\u00eat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheoGriezmann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theogriezmann<\/a> !? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeadManager?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HeadManager<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GriziEsport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GriziEsport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o5PbI9mXRt\">pic.twitter.com\/o5PbI9mXRt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntoGriezmann\/status\/1219318567042199553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The 2018 FIFA World Cup winner is no stranger to video games, as he made headlines back in 2015 when he was banned from FIFA 15 for buying the in-game virtual currency from a third-party website. The Frenchman is also a huge fan of Fortnite, as seen when he celebrated his goal against Croatia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final with the &#8216;Take the L&#8217; dance.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">GRIEZMANN HIT EM WITH THE FORTNITE DANCE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZRkojkXwjg\">pic.twitter.com\/ZRkojkXwjg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marina Molnar (@mkmolnar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkmolnar\/status\/1018521156310241280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Griezmann&#8217;s new team will operate in five major esports titles: <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CSGO betting sites\">Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"\/fifa\/\" title=\"FIFA betting sites\">FIFA<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"\/fortnite-battle-royale\/\" title=\"Fortnite betting sites\">Fortnite<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"LoL betting sites\">League of Legends<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"\/rainbow-six-siege\/\" title=\"Rainbow 6 betting sites\">Rainbow Six Siege<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scope of Griezmann&#8217;s ambitions raises some concerns as to whether he will be able to run such a large esports organisation while playing football at the highest level. League of Legends, CS:GO and Fortnite all have highly competitive esports scenes that require significant financial investment, while focused and innovative leadership is essential to succeed in the rapidly changing professional gaming industry.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Be a ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4zohmK0lr9\">pic.twitter.com\/4zohmK0lr9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grizi Esport (@GriziEsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GriziEsport\/status\/1219348694870437890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Besides the announcement of his new esports teams and the titles they will compete in, Griezmann did not share any specific details. He has, however, already put out a registration form where gamers can apply to become the first-ever players to compete under the Grizi Esport banner.<\/p>\n<p>The news of Griezmann&#8217;s venture comes only a couple of weeks after Jay Ajayi, a former American football player and Super Bowl LII champion, announced his professional esports career as a FIFA player for MLS team Philadelphia Union.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Super Bowl Champion. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFL<\/a> Pro Bowl Running Back. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilaUnion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhilaUnion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIFA<\/a> pro. \u26bd\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/eMLS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#eMLS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayTrain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JayTrain<\/a>! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTbIGousiH\">https:\/\/t.co\/mTbIGousiH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Km7MxLLuK2\">pic.twitter.com\/Km7MxLLuK2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ? Major League Soccer (@eMLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eMLS\/status\/1214608867017056262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The entry of another famous sports personality into the pro gaming scene is a huge stepping stone for the esports industry as a whole, yet it does bring some concerns with it. Just recently we witnessed the debacle surrounding Echo Fox, which was a perfect example of what can happen if the owners are not careful with their brand and don&#8217;t understand the industry. <\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, <a href=\"\/s-l-benfica-sign-its-first-esports-player\/\" title=\"SL Benfica sign their first esports player\">we reported SL Benfica\u2019s entry into the esports scene<\/a> with the signing of their first-ever esports athlete Henrique \u201cZezinho\u201d Lempke, thus joining the ever-expanding list of sports organisations which are branching out into esports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antoine Griezmann has announced on social media that he is preparing to launch his own esports organisation, Grizi Esport, which will compete in as many as six major gaming titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":10266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[993,626,4,55,87,16,992,24,189],"class_list":["post-10265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-antoine-griezmann","tag-cs-go","tag-featured","tag-fifa","tag-fortnite","tag-fr","tag-grizi-esport","tag-league-of-legends","tag-rainbow-six-siege"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10268,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10265\/revisions\/10268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}