20 Things You Didn't Know About Rocket League

3. The 2020 Rocket League World Championship Was Aired On ESPN

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Every major sport on the planet has at some point been aired on ESPN, and it came Rocket League's time to shine back in April, when due to the cancellation of so many "traditional" sporting events as a result of lockdown, the game's World Championship ended up being broadcast on the network.

ESPN organised a day of Esports broadcasts to compensate for the lack of actual contact sports, meaning that for a small window of time, those living in North America could visit a sports bar and find it actually showing Rocket League.

Is anything more indicative of Rocket League's wide-reaching success than the fact it's now technically a bar sport? Madness.

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