This fall marks the official launch of the Baylor varsity esports team, a fully sanctioned collegiate-level competitive esports program designed to blend community, technology and performer excellence, all under a green and gold banner.

Those with a platform have a responsibility that comes with it. Acting as role models for their young, impressionable fanbases is one of them. Instead streamers, with some of the largest followings, are riddled with hatefulness, erratic behavior, toxic masculinity and misogyny.