今日有消息称德甲沙尔克04已收购Elements欧洲LCS席位，多个来源确认交易是最可能会在下一周举行。
沙尔克04，并不是第一个进入电子竞技的传统体育俱乐部，土耳其足球豪门贝西克塔斯在去年便进军电子竞技，成立LOL分部。
电子竞技和传统体育的结合或将成为一种趋势。那我们国内的豪门，恒大 国安 上港 申花 苏宁 ⋯⋯谁会成为国内第一家呢？
新闻原文：
Sources: Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 purchases Elements’ EU LCS spot
Today the Esports Observer learnt that long-established German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 has acquired the EU LCS spot of Elements. Multiple sources confirm the deal which is most likely going to be presented next week. In November, after a disappointing performance in the Summer Split 2015, Elements had reportedly invited private bids on the LCS spot already but wasn’t able to find a buyer after all. The organisation ultimately decided to field a new roster for the upcoming Spring Split 2016, but only finished 7th place the third time in a row.
While FC Schalke 04 isn’t the first sports club that gets into esports—VfL Wolfsburg, Beşiktaş Istanbul, or just recently West Ham spring to mind—its commitment to a top tier esports title like League of Legends marks a new level. With all the resources available to the 14th-most valuable football club an impressive new challenger approaches. In terms of operating income, Schalke possesses the seventh-highest operating income of any football club more than $60 million. Schalke is the second-largest football club in Germany and the sixth-largest in the world in terms of memberships.
It looks like 2016 is truly becoming the year when esports went mainstream.