Never say never (so the story goes), but I doubt it.<p>Internationally, regular (monthly) eSports viewers number about 250 million, while regular football/soccer viewers number about 4 billion and the estimate for the world cup this year is 5 billion viewers.<p>While there has been tremendous growth in eSports, I'm not sure the masses will jell with it the way they do with football/soccer, cricket, or field hockey.<p>Speaking personally, the whole experience of watching eSports needs to improve. Commentators tend to either be clueless or too niche. Spectator camera work tends to be terrible and frenetic. I just don't see the appeal and I have never been to a sports bar with an eSport match playing on any TV.