There's a new up-and-coming sports league soon to be making it's mark on the world. It's not the XFL, but it's video game equivalent. This is single handedly one of the most poorly executed ideas in the history of the industry.

In it's simplest form, the "Global Gaming League" is a great idea. Gamers of all ages (well, those over 13 at least) compete in online games for prizes ranging from cash to brand new PC's. This brings us to the first major issue with this "league." Their website contains numerous references to "fame and fortune" and sponsors. Not only is the entire idea of becoming famous by playing Unreal Tournament a ludicrous assumption, but just imagine Nike deciding to sponsor someone and paying them to wear a pair of shoes. Then again, maybe they'll make an entire line of gaming accessories and competitors will be right up there with Allen Iverson on the next Super Bowl spot.....or not.

Their dedication to their athletes (as they call them, more on that later) really goes far too. You not only have to supply your own copy of the game, but servers as well. Does the NBA require players to purchase basketballs and jersey's on their own? Now, I'm well aware this is an open upstart league and just about anyone may join, but not even the top players receive benefits. How can you not provide servers to monitor in-game action?

This leaves the entire league wide open to rampant cheating. If you feel that you have been cheated upon, you can submit proof within 48 hours of the incident. Yeah, it will be really easy to prove that invincibility code was in effect. Anyone who's been online will tell you cheating is a problem becoming more rampant so I'm not sure what makes these guys think they can defeat it with an honor system. Screenshots or shots taken with a camera are recommended for record keeping which means that this league doesn't even have a pictorial record of their games. Can you imagine the watching Monday Night Football without reference footage of games long past?

More issues involve game selection. As for right now, this entire league is for PC gamers only, easily the most expensive way to game right now. Unless I win one of those Alienware's their planning on giving away, I'm out. The majority of the games are first-person shooter or team based games. Sports games are slowly being leaked, but no information on them was available. It would be great to see some classic games added to the roster. True skill comes from taking on thousands of aliens in Space Invaders, not just knowing the maps in Quake.